Moulins-sur-Orne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Argentan |
Canton: | Argentan-1 |
Insee: | 61298 |
Postal Code: | 61200 |
Mayor: | Roger Ruppert[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
Coordinates: | 48.7589°N -0.0714°W |
Elevation M: | 170 |
Elevation Min M: | 150 |
Elevation Max M: | 191 |
Area Km2: | 9.14 |
Moulins-sur-Orne (pronounced as /fr/, literally Moulins on Orne) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Moulins-sur-Orne, Les Marteaux' and Bel œuvre.[2]
Moulins-sur-Orne along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[3]
The commune has three rivers running through it, the River Orne and one of its tributaries the River Houay, plus a tributary to the Huoay, called the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot
Jardin de Marigny is an English styled garden of 9000m2 that is occasionally opened to the public.[4] The garden is a member of the Union des Parcs et Jardins de Normandie (Calvados-Manche-Orne).[4]