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Ménil-Hermei

Ménil-Hermei
The church in Ménil-Hermei
The church in Ménil-Hermei
Location of Ménil-Hermei
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Ménil-Hermei is located in France
Ménil-Hermei
Ménil-Hermei
Ménil-Hermei is located in Normandy
Ménil-Hermei
Ménil-Hermei
Coordinates: 48°49′38″N 0°19′30″W / 48.8272°N 0.325°W / 48.8272; -0.325
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-Val de Rouvre
IntercommunalityVal d'Orne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Katia Halluin[1]
Area
1
6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
202
 • Density31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61267 /61210
Elevation63–216 m (207–709 ft)
(avg. 171 m or 561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ménil-Hermei (French pronunciation: [menil ɛʁmɛ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Geography

The commune of Ménil-Hermei is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Ménil-Hermei, La Viéville, Le Mois and Le Vivier.

The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents.[4]

The commue has two rivers flowing through it, the Orne and its tributary the Baize.[5]

Administration

The mayor is Katia Halluin, elected in 2020.[1]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 208—    
1975 203−0.35%
1982 210+0.49%
1990 176−2.18%
1999 155−1.40%
2007 190+2.58%
2012 211+2.12%
2017 203−0.77%
Source: INSEE[7]

History

  • In 1321, Jean de Corday bought the fief of Mesnil-Hermey.
  • In 1465, the title of nobility of Raoul de Corday du Mesnil-Hermé is confirmed.
  • In 1505, Marguerite - the daughter of Guillaume "Raoult", Esquire, Lord of Mesnil-Hermey - marries Thomas Williamson, a Scottish knight staying in France with the French king, Charles VIII).
  • In the 18th century, the land of Mesnil-Hermey belonged to the Marquis de Rabodanges.

Places of interest

  • The valley of the river Orne with:
    • the raised stone which bygone people named: "Pierre à Gargantua".
    • the rock called "Bec Corbin", dominating the river, at the foot of which passed the old stone road from Domfront to Falaise, via Durcet, La Forêt-Auvray and Ménil-Hermei.

Between these two towns, the road followed (unlike the current asphalt road) the route of the old path of "Bougas". It was by this route that the imposing stone pedestal of the monument to William the Conqueror, erected at the foot of Falaise Castle in 1850, was sent, causing considerable difficulties for the horse teams between "Forest Bridge" and Ménil-Hermei.

See also

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