• Source: Bellou-en-Houlme

Bellou-en-Houlme is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.




Geography


The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Forêterie,Laubesnière, Le Val du Breuil, La Longrais,Le Clos,Le Pont and Bellou-en-Houlme.
There are 10 watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Val du Breuil, and The Gine, in addition to eight streams. The eight streams are the Laurenciere, the Roussieres, la Haie, the Grand Ros, La Prevostiere, the Loget, the Lange and La Source Philippe.
Bellou-en-Houlme also has the largest marsh in the Orne department, shared with Briouze at 167.41 Ha, called the Grand-Hazé.




Population






Points of Interest


Grand-Hazé is a 500 acres of Marshland that has been under the protection of the Natura 2000 since 2002, that is shared with Briouze. The Marshland features Camargue horses and Highland cattle.




= National heritage sites

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The Commune has one buildings listed as a Monument historique, which is the Château de Dieufit, a farm house built in 1862, and listed in 2012.




Notable People


Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.




Twin towns – sister cities



Bellou-en-Houlme is twinned with:

Wehretal, Germany




See also


Communes of the Orne department




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Orne
• Montreuil-au-Houlme
• Villers-en-Ouche
• Aubry-en-Exmes
• Alençon
• Orne
• Saint-Fraimbault
• Vieux-Pont
• Aunou-sur-Orne
• Vingt-Hanaps
• Bellou-en-Houlme
• Camembert, Orne
• Foulques du Merle
• Briouze
• Soligny-la-Trappe
• Alençon
• Communes of the Orne department
• Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
• L'Aigle
• Argentan