Passais Villages Explained

Passais Villages
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Alençon
Canton:	Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie
Insee:	61324
Postal Code:	61350
Mayor:	Dominique Morel^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Andaine-Passais
Coordinates:	48.518°N -0.757°W
Area Km2:	42.36

Passais Villages (in French pronounced as /pasɛ vilaʒ/) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of L'Épinay-le-Comte, Passais (the seat) and Saint-Siméon.^[2]

Points of interest

• Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais is the attic of the l'Oratoire de Passais chapel, which is listed as a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[3] The chapel roof contains a nest of Greater mouse-eared bats, which are listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive.^[4]

National heritage sites

The commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[5]

• Devil's Table Dolmen a Neolithic dolmen, it was registered as a monument in 1973.^[6]
• L'Épinay-le-Comte Manor a twelfth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1940.^[7]
• Manoir de la Guerinière a fifteenth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1975.^[8]
• Menhir du Perron a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/28/INTB1600632A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502011 - Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais - Description.
4. Web site: EUNIS -Site factsheet for Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais. eunis.eea.europa.eu.
5. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61. monumentum.fr.
6. Web site: Dolmen dit la Table au Diable à Passais Villages - PA00110882. monumentum.fr.
7. Web site: Manoir à Passais Villages - PA00110800. monumentum.fr.
8. Web site: Manoir de la Guerinière à Passais Villages - PA00110883. monumentum.fr.
9. Web site: Menhir du Perron à Passais Villages - PA00110884. monumentum.fr.