Ménil-Gondouin

Ménil-Gondouin (French pronunciation: [menil ɡɔ̃dwɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Ménil-Gondouin
Commune
The church in Ménil-Gondouin
The church in Ménil-Gondouin
Location of Ménil-Gondouin
Ménil-Gondouin is located in France
Ménil-Gondouin
Ménil-Gondouin
Ménil-Gondouin is located in Normandy
Ménil-Gondouin
Ménil-Gondouin
Coordinates: 48°45′19″N 0°17′33″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-Val de Rouvre
IntercommunalityVal d'Orne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Bouquerel[1]
Area
1
9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
162
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61265 /61210
Elevation157–254 m (515–833 ft)
(avg. 229 m or 751 ft)
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 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.[5]

Notable buildings and places

The living and talking church of Ménil-Gondouin

Saint-Vigor du Ménil-Gondouin church is a nineteenth centaury church that has been covered in statues and dozens of inscriptions by a single person, the parish priest Victor Paysant (1841-1921).[6]

The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th Centaury and was listed as a Monument historique in 1984.[7]

  • One of the statues of the Church
    One of the statues of the Church
  • Churches Pulpit
    Churches Pulpit
  • Victor Paysant
    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 centaury Chateau that belonged to Antoine de Turgot, that was listed as a Monument historique in 1983.[8]
  • Logis Saint-Honorine an 18th Centaury chateau with outbuildings dating back to the 15th centaury, listed as Monument Historique in 1975[9]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. "Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France". Ménil-Gondouin · 61210, France.
  4. "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
  5. "Mairie de Ménil-Gondouin et sa commune (61210)". Annuaire-Mairie. 27 April 2023.
  6. "Eglise de Ménil-Gondouin". www.office-tourisme-putanges.com.
  7. "Statue (tête) : Vierge couronnée". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
  8. "Domaine de la Cour à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110852". monumentum.fr.
  9. "Logis Saint-Honorine à Ménil-Gondouin - PA00110853". monumentum.fr.
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