| Putanges-le-Lac | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Argentan |
| Canton: | Athis-Val de Rouvre |
| Insee: | 61339 |
| Postal Code: | 61210 |
| Mayor: | Sébastien Leroux[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Val d'Orne |
| Coordinates: | 48.763°N -0.248°W |
| Area Km2: | 76.91 |
Putanges-le-Lac (pronounced as /fr/) 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 Chênedouit, La Forêt-Auvray, La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, Ménil-Jean, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin (the seat), Rabodanges, Les Rotours, Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne and Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.[2]
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin,La Ferronnière, La Forêt-Auvray, Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne,Rabodanges,Les Rotours, Méguillaume, Chênedouit, Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, Ménil-Jean and Fromentel.
Putanges-le-Lac along with another 69 communes shares part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4] In addition the Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents.[5]
The river Orne runs through the commune, along with five streams which are all one of the Orne's tributaries, Vienne, la Guesnerie, Gue Blandin, Monts Hiboux and Ruisseau des Vallees. There is one more stream the Maufy which feeds into the Rouvre.
The Commune has 6 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
Manoir de la Cour is a 15th-century manor house in Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne with later additions added in the 17th century, classed as a Monument historique in 2011.[11]
Former village of Vieux-Saint-Aubert the remains of a village in Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne with buildings dated from the 12th and 14th century, that was registered as a Monument Historique in 1992.[12]
Château de Rabodanges is a 17th-century chateau built in place of a feudal castle destroyed in 1628 by order of Cardinal Richelieu. It is based in Rabodanges and in 1981 was classed as a Monument Historique [13]
Château of la Forêt-Auvray is a 16th-century Huguenots fort, which in 2002 was registered as a Monument Historique.[14]
Château du Meal is a 17th-century chateau in Chênedouit registered as a Monument historique in 1967.[15]
La Droite Pierre Menhir is a Neolithic Menhir based in Chênedouit was classed as a Monument Historique in 1981.[16]