Buré () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Moulin de Buré and Buré.

The commune along with another 32 communes is part of a 3,503 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de la Sarthe.

The Sarthe river flows through the commune. In addition the river l'Erine traverses through the commune.

Population

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Buré Mill is a 19th-century Mill that was declared as a Monument historique in 1995.

Notable people

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 – 1904) was a French painter and lithographer who died here. Victoria Dubourg (1840 – 30 September 1926) was a French still life painter who died here.

See also Communes of the Orne department

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