Passais Villages

Passais Villages (French pronunciation: [pasɛ vilaʒ]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of L'Épinay-le-Comte, Passais (the seat) and Saint-Siméon.^[3]

Passais Villages
Commune
The town hall in Passais
Location of Passais Villages
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Coordinates: 48°31′05″N 0°45′25″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie
Intercommunality	Andaine-Passais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Morel[1]
Area 1	42.36 km2 (16.36 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,159
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61324 /61350
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

• Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais is the attic of the l'Oratoire de Passais chapel, which is listed as a Natura 2000 conservation site.^[4] The chapel roof contains a nest of Greater mouse-eared bats, which are listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive.^[5]

National heritage sites

The commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[6]

• Devil's Table Dolmen a Neolithic dolmen, it was registered as a monument in 1973.^[7]
• L'Épinay-le-Comte Manor a twelfth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1940.^[8]
• Manoir de la Guerinière a fifteenth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1975.^[9]
• Menhir du Perron a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.^[10]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department