La Ferrière-Béchet

La Ferrière-Béchet
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°34′50″N 0°04′21″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Intercommunality	Sources de l'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Christel Persehaye[1]
Area ^1	13.79 km^2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	244
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61164 /61500
Elevation	199–390 m (653–1,280 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Ferrière-Béchet (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁjɛʁ beʃɛ]) 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, Verdray, La Tourainnerie, Les Hayes, Les Hauts Champs and La Ferrière-Béchet.[3]

It is 1,380 hectares (5.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 230 metres (750 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4][5]

La Ferrière-Béchet 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.[6]

The Senneviere river, La Forêt stream and the Ponts Besnard stream are the three watercourses running through this area.

Notable buildings and places

• Tourbière des Petits Riaux is a nature reserve set within a Peat bog, that features carnivorous plants.[7][8]

National heritage sites

• Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.[9]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France". La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France.
4. "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
5. "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
6. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
7. "La Tourbière des Petits Riaux LA LANDE-DE-GOULT : Normandy Tourism". Normandy Tourism, France.
8. "Tourbière de la Lande-de-Goult". Ouest-France.fr. 27 August 2014.
9. "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.