Écouché-les-Vallées

Écouché-les-Vallées (French pronunciation: [ekuʃe le vale]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Batilly, La Courbe, Écouché (the seat), Loucé, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire and Serans.[3] On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Fontenai-sur-Orne was merged into Écouché-les-Vallées.[4]

Écouché-les-Vallées
Commune
The church in Écouché
The church in Écouché
Location of Écouché-les-Vallées
Écouché-les-Vallées is located in France
Écouché-les-Vallées
Écouché-les-Vallées
Écouché-les-Vallées is located in Normandy
Écouché-les-Vallées
Écouché-les-Vallées
Coordinates: 48°43′05″N 0°07′30″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonMagny-le-Désert
IntercommunalityArgentan Intercom
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Lolivier[1]
Area
1
41.23 km2 (15.92 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
2,200
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61153 /61150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Courbe, Mesnil-Glaise, Le Haut du Château, Batilly, Treize Saints, L'Être Hubert,Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire, Serans, Écouché, Méheudin, Loucé, Noiseville, Le Hamel and Fontenai-sur-Orne.

The parts of the commune that contains Batilly and La Courbe is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[5]

The Commune has 5 rivers running through it with another 6 streams.[7] The five rivers are the Orne, Maire, Baize, Cance and Udon.[8][7] The 6 streams are the Chalau, Commune, Barbottiere, Vloger and Aunais.[7]

Notable buildings and places
  • Parc de Sculptures de l'Atelier Balias is a 4 Hectare garden that is open to the public. It features over 55 statues today and was created in 1825.[9][10]
  • Gardens of Méheudin. is a 2 ha garden and Arboretum in Écouché.[11] The Garden was started in 1978 and features over 300 types of trees and ornamental shrubs.[12]

National heritage sites

The Commune has 5 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[7]

  • Lower grounds of la Courbe a barred spur from a Protohistory site.[13]
  • Upper Castle grounds a Protohistory site that still has remains of the ditches and embankments used for the castle.[14]
  • la Queurie Lodge a 15th Centuary Manor in La Courbe.[15]
  • Notre Dame Church a 13th Centuary church in Ecouché.[16]
  • Loucé Church a 12th Centuary church in Loucé.[17]

Notable People

Twin town
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Écouché-les-Vallées.
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 26 October 2015 (in French)
  4. Arrêté préfectoral 15 December 2017 (in French)
  5. "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
  6. "Écouché-les-Vallées · France". Écouché-les-Vallées · France.
  7. "Mairie d'Écouché-les-Vallées et sa commune (61150)". Annuaire-Mairie. 26 April 2023.
  8. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  9. "Parc de Sculptures de l'Atelier Balias à Ecouché (61)". www.jardinez.com.
  10. "À 19 ans, il porte sur ses épaules l'atelier Balias". Ouest-France.fr. 26 April 2016.
  11. "Les jardins vous ouvrent leurs portes". Ouest-France.fr. 31 May 2013.
  12. "PARC ET JARDINS DE MÉHEUDIN - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France". www.parcsetjardins.fr.
  13. "Camp du Bas de la Courbe (éperon barré) à La Courbe - PA00110783". monumentum.fr.
  14. "Camp du Haut du Château à La Courbe - PA00110784". monumentum.fr.
  15. "Logis de la Queurie à La Courbe - PA00110785". monumentum.fr.
  16. "Eglise Notre-Dame à Ecouché - PA00110798". monumentum.fr.
  17. "Eglise à Loucé - PA00110983". monumentum.fr.
  18. Nicolas Ginsburger. "ANDRÉ CHÉRADAME ET L'ÉMERGENCE D'UNE CARTOGRAPHIE GÉOPOLITIQUE DE GUERRE EN 1916" (PDF). lecfc.fr.
  19. "Jumelage - Commune d'Écouché-les-Vallées - Site officiel". www.ecouchelesvallees.fr.
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