Montmerrei
Montmerrei | |
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 Location of Montmerrei | |
  Montmerrei Location within France  Montmerrei Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′05″N 0°02′33″E / 48.6347°N 0.0425°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Duval[1] |
Area 1 | 12.67 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 560 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61288 /61570 |
| Elevation | 175–333 m (574–1,093 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montmerrei (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃mɛʁɛ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Villette, La Grande Forgé and Montmerrei.[3]
It is 12,700 hectares (49.0 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 200 metres (660 ft).
Montmerrei along with another 65 communes shares part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[4] In addition the commune along with another eight communes shares part of a 1,630 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Sites d'Ecouves.[5]
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[6][7]
The River Thouane, Landrion stream and Vallees stream are the three watercourses that flow through the commune.[8][9]