Médavy

Médavy (French pronunciation: [medavi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Médavy
Commune
The chateau in Médavy
Location of Médavy
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Coordinates: 48°40′42″N 0°05′26″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Intercommunality	Sources de l'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Six[1]
Area 1	4.34 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	153
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61256 /61570
Elevation	158–192 m (518–630 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 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 of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Repos and Médavy.^[3]

Médavy 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.^[4]

Médavy has 4 water courses running through it, two rivers The Orne & The Don plus two streams the la Gironde & the Calvaire.^[5]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

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

• Château à Médavy an 11th century fortified house, that was later fortified into a castle in the 16th century, it was listed as a monument in 1926.^[6]
• Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Repos a 12th century prioral church listed as a monument in 1989.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department