Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents

Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents translated as the Upper Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 20,593 hectares in size.[1] The site is managed by CPIE Collines normandes.[2]

Geography

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The area is focused on the sources of the Orne and its main tributaries up to Putanges-Pont-Ecrepin, the area that is prone to flooding and has water all year round.[1][3]

It is spread across 70 different communes all within the Orne department;[1]

Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and the area known as Suisse Normande.[4][5]

 
Les Pátures d'Argentan part of the greater Natura 2000 site Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents

Conservation

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The conservation area has thirteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[6]

In addition the Natura 2000 site has 19 habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
  2. ^ "Natura 2000 - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
  3. ^ "Le site | hautevalleeorne". hautevalleeorne.n2000.fr.
  4. ^ "Site Natura 2000 Fr2500099 Haute vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents" (PDF) (in French). Direction régionale de l'environnement, de l'aménagement et du logement - Basse Normandie.
  5. ^ "Natura 2000" (PDF). www.orne.gouv.fr.
  6. ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents". eunis.eea.europa.eu.