Le Cercueil

Le Cercueil (French pronunciation: [lə sɛʁkœj] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Le Cercueil
Commune
The church in Le Cercueil
Location of Le Cercueil
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Coordinates: 48°35′52″N 0°01′26″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Intercommunality	Sources de l'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stelliane Bettefort[1]
Area 1	13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	145
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61076 /61500
Elevation	232–373 m (761–1,224 ft) (avg. 363 m or 1,191 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 is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Aprêl, La Gère, La Sevestrie and Le Cercueil.^[3]

It is 1,320 hectares (5.1 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 270 metres (890 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.^[4][5]

Le Cercueil along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.^[6] In addition along with another eight communes shares part of a 1,630 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Sites d'Ecouves.^[7]

The commune has six watercourses flowing through it, la Thouane river, Clairefontaine stream, Vallees stream, Aprel stream, Cercueil stream and the Blanchelande stream.

See also

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