Ticheville | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton: | Vimoutiers |
Insee: | 61485 |
Postal Code: | 61120 |
Mayor: | François Ravasse[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault |
Coordinates: | 48.9092°N 0.2653°W |
Elevation M: | 154 |
Elevation Min M: | 128 |
Elevation Max M: | 235 |
Area Km2: | 9.93 |
Ticheville (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Bocage and Ticheville.[2]
The commune along with another 11 communes shares part of a 1,400 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute Vallée de la Touques et affluents.[3]
The commune has the Touques flowing through its borders, plus four other streams, La Roulandiere, The Pres Garreaux, The Tanneries and The Valame.
Ticheville is home to Haras du Mezeray, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm founded by Paul de Moussac in 1962.[4]
Priory of Ticheville is a former 14th centuayy priory that was listed as a Monument historique in 1994.[5]