Chailloué

Chailloué
Commune
The church of Saint-Paterne of Montrond
Location of Chailloué
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Coordinates: 48°39′09″N 0°11′54″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Leloup[1]
Area ^1	35.88 km^2 (13.85 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	892
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym	Cailloutins
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61081 /61500
Elevation	167–223 m (548–732 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chailloué (French pronunciation: [ʃajwe]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Marmouillé and Neuville-près-Sées were merged into Chailloué.[3]

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, La Dufrênerie, Marmouillé, Champ Bourdin, Bois Chassevent, Neuville-près-Sées, La Dultière and Chailloué.[4]

Chailloué along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]

Chailloués has two rivers, La Don & La Senelle and two streams the Monts Damain & the Essarts, making up the 4 watercourses running through the commune.

Notable buildings and places

• Rustik is an immersive amusement park, set in a medieval-fantasy kingdom, which opened in 2020.[6][7]

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.

• Château a 17th-century castle built by the Vieupont family, and registered as a monument historique in 2010.[8]
• Former church of Saint-Pierre Saint-Jean and Saint-Paterne de Montrond a 14th-century former church, classed as a monument historique in 1979.[9]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
4. "Chailloué · France". Chailloué · France.
5. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
6. "Chailloué. Le parc d'immersion Rustik ouvrira dès l'été 2020". tendanceouest.com.
7. "RustiK, parc d'immersion médiévale fantastique in CHAILLOUE". Normandy Tourism, France.
8. "Château à Chailloué - PA61000058". monumentum.fr.
9. "Ancienne église Saint-Pierre Saint-Jean et Saint-Paterne de Montrond à Chailloué - PA00110874". monumentum.fr.