Rémalard en Perche explained

Rémalard en Perche
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Bretoncelles
Insee:	61345
Postal Code:	61110
Mayor:	Patrick Rodhain^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Cœur du Perche
Coordinates:	48.429°N 0.775°W
Area Km2:	50.68

Rémalard en Perche (in French pronounced as /ʁemalaʁ ɑ̃ pɛʁʃ/, literally Rémalard in Perche) 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 Bellou-sur-Huisne, Dorceau and Rémalard (the seat).^[2]

Points of interest

• Boiscorde Arboretum is a 15-hectare arboretum featuring over 500 trees.^{[3] [4]}
• La Petite Rochelle is a 1 hectare botanical garden, open to the public which is classified as a classified as Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.^[5]
• Carrière de la Mansonnière is a Natura 2000 conservation site measuring 0.17 Hectares.^[6] The site is a former quarry, used between the middle ages and early twentieth centaury which now hosts five varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.^{[7] [8]}

National heritage sites

The commune has 11 buildings and areas listed as a monument historique.

• Saint-Laurent Church, an eleventh-century church in Dorceau.^[9]
• Château de Voré, an eighteenth-century chateau in Rémalard.^[10]
• Manoir de Brigemont, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.^[11]
• Le Chatellier Castle Motte, a strategic site for William the Conqueror in his conquest of the Lordship of Bellême in 1077.^[12]
• Manoir des Touches, a sixteenth-century manor house in Dorceau.^[13]
• Rémalard Church, a twelfth-century church.^[14]
• Manoir de Vaujour, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.^[15]
• Voré Tilery, a former tile factory in Rémalard, thought to date from 1828.^[16]
• New Farm, a twentieth-century farm in Dorceau that was built to breed the Percheron horse.^[17]
• Manoir de Boiscorde, a fifteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.^[18]
• Motte castrale dite Le Château, a raised circular enclosure on what was built a shell keep. In 1077, this castle was under siege from William the Conqueror when his son, Robert Curthose locked himself up there.^[19]

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/2015/9/21/INTB1525677A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
3. Web site: C'est le moment de visiter l'arboretum de Boiscorde. October 12, 2016. Ouest-France.fr.
4. Web site: Arboretum du Perche Remalard En Perche : Normandy Tourism. Normandy Tourism, France.
5. Web site: Jardin De La Petite Rochelle . Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.
6. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502003 - Carrière de la Mansonnière - Description.
7. Web site: CARRIERE DE LA MANSONNIERE. Ministère de l'écologie du développement durable et de l'énergie .
8. Web site: Orne. Que se passe-t-il dans la grotte de la Mansonnière, fermée au public depuis 2018 ?. Sacha. MARTINEZ. 1 October 2022. Ouest-France.fr.
9. Web site: Eglise Saint-Laurent à Dorceau - PA00110795. monumentum.fr.
10. Web site: Château de Voré à Rémalard - PA00110897. monumentum.fr.
11. Web site: Manoir de Brigemont à Rémalard - PA00110900. monumentum.fr.
12. Web site: Motte castrale dite Le Chatellier à Rémalard - PA00132904. monumentum.fr.
13. Web site: Manoir des Touches à Dorceau - PA61000036. monumentum.fr.
14. Web site: Eglise à Rémalard - PA00110898. monumentum.fr.
15. Web site: Manoir de Vaujour à Rémalard - PA00110901. monumentum.fr.
16. Web site: Tuilerie de Voré à Rémalard - PA00135527. monumentum.fr.
17. Web site: Ferme Neuve à Dorceau - PA61000048. monumentum.fr.
18. Web site: Manoir de Boiscorde à Rémalard - PA00110899. monumentum.fr.
19. Web site: Motte castrale dite Le Château à Rémalard - PA00132903. monumentum.fr.