Le Merlerault () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.
Geography
The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.
The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.
Points of interest
National heritage sites
Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.
Notable people Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.Louis de La Roque, Catalog historique des généraux français, connétables, maréchaux de France, lieutenants généraux, maréchaux de camp. Connétables et maréchaux de France depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie jusqu'à la fin du règne de Louis XIV (Paris, A. Desaide, 1896-1902), p.25. François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here. Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.
Heraldry
Twin towns – sister cities
Le Merlerault is twinned with:
Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)
See also Communes of the Orne department
References