La Ferrière-Béchet (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁjɛʁ beʃɛ]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Verdray, La Tourainnerie, Les Hayes, Les Hauts Champs and La Ferrière-Béchet.[3]

It is 1,380 hectares (5.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 230 metres (750 ft).

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

The Senneviere river, La Forêt stream and the Ponts Besnard stream are the three watercourses running through this area.

Notable buildings and places

  • Tourbière des Petits Riaux is a nature reserve set within a Peat bog, that features carnivorous plants.[6][7]

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.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France". La Ferrière-Béchet · 61500, France.
  4. ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
  5. ^ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
  6. ^ "La Tourbière des Petits Riaux LA LANDE-DE-GOULT : Normandy Tourism". Normandy Tourism, France.
  7. ^ "Tourbière de la Lande-de-Goult". Ouest-France.fr. 27 August 2014.
  8. ^ "80 bornes de la forêt d'Ecouves (également sur communes de Le Bouillon, La Chapelle-près-Sées, La Ferrière-Béchet, Fontenai-les-Louvets, La Lande-de-Goult, Radon, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Gervais-du-Perron, Tanville et Vingt-Hanap..." monumentum.fr.