Ménil-Gondouin

Ménil-Gondouin
Commune
The church in Ménil-Gondouin
Location of Ménil-Gondouin
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Coordinates: 48°45′19″N 0°17′33″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	Val d'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Bouquerel[1]
Area ^1	9.17 km^2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	157
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61265 /61210
Elevation	157–254 m (515–833 ft) (avg. 229 m or 751 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ménil-Gondouin (French pronunciation: [menil ɡɔ̃dwɛ̃] ^ⓘ) 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 Coconière, La Haute Bruyèreand Ménil-Gondouin.[3]

The commune is part of area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

Menil-Gondouin only has one watercourse running through it, the Ruisseau de Vienne.

Notable buildings and places

The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin

Saint-Vigor du Ménil-Gondouin church is a nineteenth century church that has been covered in statues and dozens of inscriptions by a single person, the parish priest Victor Paysant (1841-1921).[5]

The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th Century and was listed as a Monument historique in 1984.[6]

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  One of the statues of the Church
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  Churches Pulpit
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  Victor Paysant

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 other buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[4]

• Domain of the Court a set of remains of an old 16th century Chateau that belonged to Antoine de Turgot, that was listed as a Monument historique in 1983.[7]
• Logis Saint-Honorine an 18th Century chateau with outbuildings dating back to the 15th century, listed as Monument Historique in 1975[8]

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. "Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France". Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France.
4. "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
5. "Eglise de Ménil-Gondouin". www.office-tourisme-putanges.com.
6. "Statue (tête) : Vierge couronnée". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
7. "Domaine de la Cour à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110852". monumentum.fr.
8. "Logis Saint-Honorine à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110853". monumentum.fr.