Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes

Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes (French pronunciation: [menil ybɛʁ ɑ̃.n‿ɛm]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
The chateau in Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
The chateau in Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
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Location of Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes is located in France
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes is located in Normandy
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Coordinates: 48°48′51″N 0°13′34″E / 48.8142°N 0.2261°E / 48.8142; 0.2261
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonVimoutiers
IntercommunalityVallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Émile Lampérière[1]
Area
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10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
126
  Density12.2/km2 (31.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61268 /61230
Elevation169–296 m (554–971 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Bergerie, La Farinière and Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes.[3]

The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge.[4]

The Commune is one of 27 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[5]

The commune has one river, the Vie and a single stream, the Douy running through its borders.[6]

Notable buildings and places

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National heritage sites

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Chateau Menil-Hubert-en-Exmes an 18th-century chateau that was classified as a Monument historique in 2010.[7] The artist Edgar Degas was invited to stay at the chateau in 1859 and had a workshop built for him to work in.[8]

See also

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References

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