Fontenai-les-Louvets

Fontenai-les-Louvets (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnɛ le luvɛ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune L'Orée-d'Écouves.^[2] It is located in the Forêt d'Écouves in Normandy.

Fontenai-les-Louvets
Part of L'Orée-d'Écouves
Location of Fontenai-les-Louvets
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Coordinates: 48°31′41″N 0°00′02″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Commune	L'Orée-d'Écouves
Area 1	18.77 km2 (7.25 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	277
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61420
Elevation	257–413 m (843–1,355 ft) (avg. 304 m or 997 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Points of Interest

The commune has the highest point in Normandy, called the Signal d'Écouves which is 413 metres in height.^[3][4]

National Heritage sites

• Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine