Le Champ-de-la-Pierre

Le Champ-de-la-Pierre
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°36′34″N 0°12′15″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Magny-le-Désert
Intercommunality	Pays fertois et Bocage carrougien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jeanne-Marie Boudet[1]
Area ^1	4.05 km^2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	30
• Density	7.4/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61085 /61320
Elevation	238–315 m (781–1,033 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Champ-de-la-Pierre (French pronunciation: [lə ʃɑ̃ də la pjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The Commune is 410 hectares (1.6 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 271 metres (889 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[3]

Le Champ-de-la-Pierre along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.^[4]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

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

Forge master's house is a ruin of a 17th-century building. It was classified as a monument in 1991.^[6]

Stone Field Estate is a 14th-century chateau with extensive gardens, was classed as a Monument historique in 1993.^[7] The gardens are a Pre-romantic park from the end of the 18th century open to the public, featuring a Maze.^[8] The gardens are classified as a Jardins remarquables by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
4. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
5. "Le Champ-de-la-Pierre · 61320, France". Le Champ-de-la-Pierre · 61320, France.
6. "Grosse forge au Champ-de-la-Pierre - PA00110766". monumentum.fr.
7. "Domaine du Champ de la Pierre". POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). Ministère de la Culture. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
8. "Historique". Le Champ-de-la-Pierre (in French). Le Champ-de-la-Pierre. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
9. "PARC ET JARDIN DU CHÂTEAU DU CHAMP DE LA PIERRE - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France". www.parcsetjardins.fr.