Rémalard en Perche (, literally Rémalard in Perche) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bellou-sur-Huisne, Dorceau and Rémalard (the seat).Arrêté préfectoral 21 September 2015
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Freulemont, La Fontenelle, Malitourne, La Rifetière, Les Villes, Rémalard en Perche, Bellou-sur-Huisne, Dorceau, La Gibonnière, La Courrougère, Les Marres, La Chênaie, Les Vallées, La Sermondière and Launay Mahé.
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.
The river Huisne flows through the commune.
Points of interest
Boiscorde Arboretum is a 15-hectare arboretum featuring over 500 trees. La Petite Rochelle is a 1 hectare botanical garden, open to the public which is classified as a classified as Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. Carrière de la Mansonnière is a Natura 2000 conservation site measuring 0.17 Hectares. The site is a former quarry, used between the middle ages and early twentieth century which now hosts five varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.
National heritage sites
The commune has 11 buildings and areas listed as a monument historique.
Saint-Laurent Church, an eleventh-century church in Dorceau. Château de Voré, an eighteenth-century chateau in Rémalard. Manoir de Brigemont, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard. Le Chatellier Castle Motte, a strategic site for William the Conqueror in his conquest of the Lordship of Bellême in 1077. Manoir des Touches, a sixteenth-century manor house in Dorceau. Rémalard Church, a twelfth-century church. Manoir de Vaujour, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard. Voré Tilery, a former tile factory in Rémalard, thought to date from 1828. New Farm, a twentieth-century farm in Dorceau that was built to breed the Percheron horse. Manoir de Boiscorde, a fifteenth-century manor house in Rémalard. Motte castrale dite Le Château, a raised circular enclosure on what was built a shell keep. In 1077, this castle was under siege from William the Conqueror when his son, Robert Curthose locked himself up there.
Architecture contemporaine remarquable
L’Hermitage - is a hexaganol plan house built in 1949 by architect Gage André, in 2007 it was given the label of Architecture contemporaine remarquable.
Notable people
Pierre-François Jumeau - (1811-1895) the founder of Jumeau was born here. Alfred Bansard des Bois - (1848–1920) a French politician was born here. Joseph Aveline - (1881-1958) a politician and horse breeder was born here.
Twin towns – sister cities
Rémalard en Perche is twinned with:
Castle Cary, England, United Kingdom since 1984
See also Communes of the Orne department
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