Joué-du-Bois

Joué-du-Bois
Joué-du-Bois
Commune
	The church in Joué-du-Bois
	Coat of arms
	Location of Joué-du-Bois
	Joué-du-Bois Joué-du-Bois
	Coordinates: 48°34′57″N 0°13′51″W / 48.5825°N 0.2308°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Intercommunality	Pays fertois et Bocage carrougien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Correyeur
Area 1	21.08 km2 (8.14 sq mi)
Population (2021)	397
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Demonym	Gaudiacéens
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61209 /61320
Elevation	213–344 m (699–1,129 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Joué-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [ʒwe dy bwa] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Raitière, Le Hamel, La Retourdière, La Brousse, Le Theil, La Vallée, La Fontenelle and Joué-du-Bois.^[3]

It is 2,110 hectares (8.1 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 304 metres (997 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[4]

Joué-du-Bois 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]

The commune has one river, The Gourbe flowing through it, plus two streams, The Noes Morins and the Bois Tesselin.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

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

Joué-du-Bois Manor is a 15th century Manor house, declared as a monument in 1991.^[6]
la Grandière Dolmen is a Neolithic Dolmen, registered as a monument in 1889.^[7]
The Wolf Stone Dolmen is a Neolithic Dolmen, registered as a monument in 1889.^[8]
The Outres Menhir is a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a monument in 1889.^[9]