Fontaine-les-Bassets

Fontaine-les-Bassets (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn le basɛ]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Fontaine-les-Bassets
Commune
The church in Fontaine-les-Bassets
Location of Fontaine-les-Bassets
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Coordinates: 48°51′35″N 0°00′21″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-2
Intercommunality	Argentan Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Verrier[1]
Area 1	5.88 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	111
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Demonym	Fontenois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61171 /61160
Elevation	67–111 m (220–364 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 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 has the River Dives running through it, as well as the Guerard stream.^[3]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique

• Château à Fontaine-les-Bassets an eighteenth Century Chateau registered as a Monument historique in 1984^[5]
• Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée a Neolithic dolmen registered as a monument historique in 1934^[6]

• 
  Château de Fontaine-les-Bassets
• 
  Pierre-Levée Dolmen

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Dives (I1--0200)".
4. "Fontaine-les-Bassets · 61160, France". Fontaine-les-Bassets · 61160, France.
5. "Château à Fontaine-les-Bassets - PA00110808". monumentum.fr.
6. "Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée à Fontaine-les-Bassets - PA00110809". monumentum.fr.