Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ dy vjø bɛlɛm] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[3]
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| Coordinates: 48°22′56″N 0°32′37″E / 48.3822°N 0.5436°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Ceton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Cailly[1] |
Area 1 | 15.84 km2 (6.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 546 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61426 /61130 |
| Elevation | 122–244 m (400–801 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editSaint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême along with the communes of Vaunoise, Belforêt-en-Perche, Igé and Appenai-sous-Bellême is part of the Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme a Natura 2000 conservation site.[4] The site measures 105 hectares and is home to the European stag beetle and European ash.[5]
In addition the Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[6]
Points of interest
edit- La réserve des Houles-Blanches is a 6950 m2 is a local nature reserve, created in 1992 under the Natura 2000 scheme, and is part of the wider site of Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme.[7][5] The reserve is home to variopus flora and fauna such as the Brown hairstreak, European tree frog and Hazel dormouse.[8]
National heritage sites
edit- *Château du Tertre a seventeenth Century chateau in Sérigny, that from 1926 was home to Nobel prize winning novelist Roger Martin du Gard.[9] The grounds and Estate are in this commune and neighbouring commune of Belforêt-en-Perche[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (61426)". INSEE.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500109 - Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme - Description".
- ^ a b "Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Bellême" (PDF). Ministère de la Transition écologique.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
- ^ "Réserve des Houles-blanches".
- ^ "Les Houles Blanches - randonnée autour de belleme et la perriere". Le Perche en Normandie - Collines du Perche Normand : économie, tourisme, vie quotidienne.
- ^ "Château du Tertre (également sur commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême) à Sérigny - PA00110951". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Château du Tertre à Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême - PA61000009". monumentum.fr.
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