Saint-Germain-d'Aunay explained

Saint-Germain-d'Aunay
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:	Vimoutiers
Insee:	61392
Postal Code:	61470
Mayor:	Louis Toque^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Coordinates:	48.9261°N 0.3803°W
Elevation M:	221
Elevation Min M:	164
Elevation Max M:	233
Area Km2:	8.51

Saint-Germain-d'Aunay (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ donɛ/) is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region of France with a population of 144 inhabitants (2018).

History

A manor was built at the end of the 15th century by Guillaume de Mallevouë, knight and lord of the manors of Saint-Germain and Notre-Dame-d'Aulnay. All that is left is the lodge and a bartizan. The majority of the manor was destroyed by the French Catholic League in 1589 and was replaced by a half-timbered building.^[2]

In 1822, Saint-Germain-d'Aunay (377 inhabitants in 1821) absorbed Notre-Dame-d'Aunay (123 inhabitants), further to its south. Both villages are shown on the Cassini map of the area.^[3]

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Manor in Saint-Germain-d’Aunay a sixteenth century Manor house, that was restored by Victor Ruprich-Robert, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1992.^[4] The Manor house was where Henri Breuil wrote most of his work on prehistory in the early 1900s.^[5]

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. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Web site: Centre de recherches généalogiques du Perche-Gouët – Manoir de Saint-Germain-d'Aulnay. 12 March 2014.
3. Web site: Géoportail. geoportail.gouv.fr. 28 August 2018.
4. Web site: Manoir à Saint-Germain-d'Aunay - PA00111002. pop.culture.gouv.fr.
5. Web site: Manoir à Saint-Germain-d'Aunay - PA00111002. monumentum.fr.