Perche en Nocé explained

Perche en Nocé
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Bretoncelles
Insee:	61309
Postal Code:	61340
Mayor:	Pascal Pecchioli^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Cœur du Perche
Coordinates:	48.38°N 0.681°W
Area Km2:	86.63

Perche en Nocé (in French pronounced as /pɛʁʃ ɑ̃ nose/) 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 Colonard-Corubert, Dancé, Nocé (the seat), Préaux-du-Perche, Saint-Aubin-des-Grois, and Saint-Jean-de-la-Forêt.^[2]

Notable buildings and places

The Jardin François is a 2ha garden, based in Préaux-du-Perche that began life in 1995 and is open to the public.^[3] It is classified as a Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.^[4]

National heritage sites

The Commune has 10 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.

• Old Church of the Courthouse a tenth Century church in Colonard-Corubert.^[5]
• Manor of Courboyer a fifteenth Century manor house in Nocé.^[6]
• Saint-Martin church a twelfth Century church in Nocé.^[7]
• Manor of Tarainière a fifteenth Century manor house in Préaux-du-Perche.^[8]
• Saint-Germain church a thirteenth Century church in Préaux-du-Perche.^[9]
• Manor of Lormarin a fifteenth Century manor in Nocé.^[10]
• Manor of Plessis a sixteenth Century manor house in Dance.^[11]
• Manor of Barville a seventeenth Century manor house in Noce.^[12]
• Lubinière Manor a fifteenth Century manor house in Préaux-du-Perche.^[12]
• Church in Dancé an eleventh Century church in Dancé.^[13]

Notable People

• Léopold Nègre (1879 – 1961) a French physician and biologist who is buried here in Nocé.^[14]

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/2015/9/25/INTB1600625A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
3. Web site: Une exposition au Jardin François. Centre. France. July 30, 2015. www.lechorepublicain.fr.
4. Web site: JARDIN FRANÇOIS - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. www.parcsetjardins.fr.
5. Web site: Ancienne église de Courthioust à Perche en Nocé - PA00110778. monumentum.fr.
6. Web site: Manoir de Courboyer à Perche en Nocé - PA00110876. monumentum.fr.
7. Web site: Eglise Saint-Martin à Perche en Nocé - PA61000007. monumentum.fr.
8. Web site: Manoir de la Tarainière à Perche en Nocé - PA00110893. monumentum.fr.
9. Web site: Eglise Saint-Germain à Perche en Nocé - PA00110891. monumentum.fr.
10. Web site: Manoir de Lormarin à Perche en Nocé - PA00110877. monumentum.fr.
11. Web site: Manoir du Plessis à Perche en Nocé - PA00110982. monumentum.fr.
12. Web site: Manoir de Barville à Perche en Nocé - PA00132901. monumentum.fr.
13. Web site: Eglise à Perche en Nocé - PA00110790. monumentum.fr.
14. Web site: Léopold Nègre (1879-1961) Photographies - Archives familiales. www.lexilogos.com.