Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois explained

Saint-Évroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Rai
Insee:	61386
Postal Code:	61550
Mayor:	Hervé Harel^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	48.7922°N 0.4625°W
Elevation M:	272
Elevation Min M:	222
Elevation Max M:	331
Area Km2:	34.47

Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃.t‿evʁu nɔtʁ dam dy bwa/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[2] The commune has the longest name of all the communes within the Orne department.

Geography

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]

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Abbey of Saint-Evroul are a set of Abbey ruins registered as a Monument historique in 1967.^[5]

Notable People

• Ebrulf - (517–596) a Frankish hermit, abbot, and saint, founded the Abbey here in the 7th Century.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• The website of Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. Web site: Commune de Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois (61386) − Insee. www.insee.fr.
3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description.
4. Web site: Natura 2000. Chambres d'agriculture de. Normandie. 11 June 2024. normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
5. Web site: Ancienne abbaye à Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois - PA00110920. monumentum.fr.
6. Web site: Saint-Evroul Abbey Ruins, Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France - SpottingHistory. www.spottinghistory.com.