Feings, Orne
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Feings (French pronunciation: [fɛ̃]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Feings | |
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 The town hall in Feings | |
Location of Feings  | |
  Feings  Feings | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′48″N 0°38′04″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mortagne au Perche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Lydia Bussy-Boiteux[1] |
| Area 1 | 20.24 km2 (7.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 187 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61160 /61400 |
| Elevation | 167–261 m (548–856 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Feings along with the communes of Tourouvre au Perche, Longny les Villages, Le Mage, Moutiers-au-Perche and Charencey shares part of the Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche a Natura 2000 conservation site.[3] The site measures 3670 hectares and is home to fifteen species protected Flora and Fauna.[4]
In addition the Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[5]
- La Tourbière de Commeauche is a nature reserve that features a preserved peat bog in a clearing in the Réno-Valdieu forest.[6][7]
National heritage sites
- Ancienne chartreuse du Val-Dieu is a former Charterhouse that was listed as a Monument historique in 1997.[8]
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