Rémalard-en-Perche

Rémalard en Perche

Rémalard en Perche

Commune in Normandy, France


Rémalard en Perche (French pronunciation: [ʁemalaʁ ɑ̃ pɛʁʃ], literally Rémalard in Perche) 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 Bellou-sur-Huisne, Dorceau and Rémalard (the seat).[3]

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Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The commune has 11 buildings and areas listed as a monument historique.

  • Saint-Laurent Church, an eleventh-century church in Dorceau.[7]
  • Château de Voré, an eighteenth-century chateau in Rémalard.[8]
  • Manoir de Brigemont, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[9]
  • Le Chatellier Castle Motte, a strategic site for William the Conqueror in his conquest of the Lordship of Bellême in 1077.[10]
  • Manoir des Touches, a sixteenth-century manor house in Dorceau.[11]
  • Rémalard Church, a twelfth-century church.[12]
  • Manoir de Vaujour, a sixteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[13]
  • Voré Tilery, a former tile factory in Rémalard, thought to date from 1828.[14]
  • New Farm, a twentieth-century farm in Dorceau that was built to breed the Percheron horse.[15]
  • Manoir de Boiscorde, a fifteenth-century manor house in Rémalard.[16]
  • Motte castrale dite Le Château, a raised circular enclosure on what was built a shell keep. In 1077, this castle was under siege from William the Conqueror when his son, Robert Curthose locked himself up there.[17]

See also


References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 21 September 2015 (in French)
  3. "Jardin De La Petite Rochelle". Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.



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