Résenlieu | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton: | Vimoutiers |
Insee: | 61347 |
Postal Code: | 61230 |
Mayor: | Nelly Nogues[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Coordinates: | 48.7958°N 0.2878°W |
Elevation M: | 300 |
Elevation Min M: | 178 |
Elevation Max M: | 296 |
Area Km2: | 5.09 |
Résenlieu (in French pronounced as /ʁezɑ̃ljø/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Houlettes, Le Vieux Résenlieu and Résenlieu.[2]
The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[4]
The commune has one river, The Touques and a single stream, the Bouillant running through its borders.