Risle, Guiel, Charentonne is a Natura 2000 site around the rivers and valleys of the Risle, Charentonne, Guiel and their tributaries and valleys of these rivers.
Geography
The area is 4,747 hectares in size and is mostly within the Eure department of Normandy, with the remaining 7% of the area based in the Orne department. The valleys of the protected area which the rivers run through are an Alluvial plain.
It is spread across 70 different communes all within the Orne department;
Aclou Ambenay Appeville-Annebault Authou Barquet Beaumont-le-Roger Beaumontel Le Bec-Hellouin Bernay Bosrobert Brionne Broglie Calleville Campigny Caorches-Saint-Nicolas Chamblac Chaumont Condé-sur-Risle Corneville-sur-Risle La Ferrière-sur-Risle Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire La Ferté-en-Ouche Fontaine-l'Abbé Freneuse-sur-Risle Glos-sur-Risle Goupil-Othon Grosley-sur-Risle La Houssaye Launay Livet-sur-Authou Manneville-sur-Risle Menneval Mesnil-en-Ouche Montfort-sur-Risle Montreuil-l'Argillé Mélicourt Nassandres sur Risle Neaufles-Auvergny La Neuve-Lyre Notre-Dame-du-Hamel Le Noyer-en-Ouche La Noë-Poulain Pont-Audemer Pont-Authou La Poterie-Mathieu Les Préaux Romilly-la-Puthenaye Rugles Saint-Agnan-de-Cernières Saint-Christophe-sur-Condé Saint-Denis-d'Augerons Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort Saint-Laurent-du-Tencement Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville Saint-Martin-Saint-Firmin Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle Saint-Pierre-de-Cernières Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne Saint-Siméon Saint-Étienne-l'Allier Le Sap-André Selles Serquigny Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer Toutainville Treis-Sants-en-Ouche La Trinité-de-Réville La Trinité-des-Laitiers Verneusses La Vieille-Lyre
Conservation
The conservation area has eighteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;
Northern crested newt European bullhead Cottus perifretum European river lamprey Brook lamprey Sea lamprey Atlantic salmon White-clawed crayfish Southern damselfly Jersey tiger European stag beetle Orange-spotted emerald Desmoulin's whorl snail Eurasian otter Bechstein's bat Geoffroy's bat Greater mouse-eared bat Greater horseshoe bat
In addition the Natura 2000 site has seven habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.
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