Messei | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason_ville_fr_Messei_61.svg |
Arrondissement: | Argentan |
Canton: | La Ferté-Macé |
Insee: | 61278 |
Postal Code: | 61440 |
Mayor: | Michel Dumaine[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Flers Agglo |
Coordinates: | 48.7122°N -0.5358°W |
Elevation M: | 218 |
Elevation Min M: | 195 |
Elevation Max M: | 254 |
Area Km2: | 13.21 |
Demonym: | Messéens |
Messei (in French pronounced as /mɛsɛ/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Pacotière, La Bondière, Les Buissons, Les Pasquières, Les Genétés, La Balonnière, La Haguerie, Messei, La Cheminière, Le Gué, La Bruyère and La Merrie.[2]
It is 1320ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 215m (705feet).
There are three watercourses that traverse through the commune, the river Varenne, the Vere and a stream called the Blanche-Lande.
The Commune has one building listed as a Monument historique, which are the remains of the old 11th century castle in Messei and listed in 1975.[3]