Belforêt-en-Perche

Belforêt-en-Perche (French pronunciation: [bɛlfɔʁɛ ɑ̃ pɛʁʃ], literally Belforêt in Perche) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne (the seat), Eperrais, Origny-le-Butin, La Perrière, Saint-Ouen-de-la-Cour and Sérigny.[3]

Belforêt-en-Perche
Commune
A road in Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne
A road in Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne
Location of Belforêt-en-Perche
Belforêt-en-Perche is located in France
Belforêt-en-Perche
Belforêt-en-Perche
Belforêt-en-Perche is located in Normandy
Belforêt-en-Perche
Belforêt-en-Perche
Coordinates: 48°22′30″N 0°31′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonCeton
IntercommunalityCollines du Perche normand
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) David Boulay[1]
Area
1
74.53 km2 (28.78 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,508
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61196 /61130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notable buildings and places

Botanical Garden of Le Bois du Puits is a botanical garden that was made open to the public in 2012, featuring over 2,000 species of plants.[4]

National heritage sites

The Commune has 6 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[5]

  • Former priory of Chènegallon a seventeenth Centuary former priory in Eperrais.[6]
  • l'Evêque lodge a seventeenth Centuary former lodge in La Perrière.[7]
  • Château de Morthimer a sixteenth Centuary chateau in La Perrière.[8]
  • Château du Tertre a seventeenth Centuary chateau in Sérigny, that from 1926 was home to Nobel prize winning novelist Roger Martin du Gard.[9]
  • Manoir de Soisai a sixteenth Centuary Manor house in La Perrière.[10]
  • Lods house a twentieth Centuary hosue in Sérigny built by architect Marcel Lods.[11]

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belforêt-en-Perche.
  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 8 August 2016 (in French)
  4. "Belforêt-en-Perche. Le jardin du bois du puits, à Sérigny, rouvre le 29 avril". Ouest-France.fr. 15 April 2022.
  5. "Mairie de Belforêt-en-Perche et sa commune (61130)". Annuaire-Mairie. 26 April 2023.
  6. "Ancien prieuré de Chènegallon à Eperrais - PA00110799". monumentum.fr.
  7. "Logis de l'Evêque à La Perrière - PA00135526". monumentum.fr.
  8. "Château de Morthimer à La Perrière - PA00110885". monumentum.fr.
  9. "Château du Tertre (également sur commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême) à Sérigny - PA00110951". monumentum.fr.
  10. "Manoir de Soisai à La Perrière - PA00110886". monumentum.fr.
  11. "Maison Lods à Sérigny - PA61000031". monumentum.fr.


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