Dame-Marie (Orne)

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Dame-Marie (France)
Lady-Marie
region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton Cetone
Community association Collines du Perche Normand
Coordinates 48 ° 21 '  N , 0 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '  N , 0 ° 37'  E
height 121-216 m
surface 13.27 km 2
Residents 144 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 61130
INSEE code 61142

Mairie Dame-Marie

Dame-Marie is a French commune of 144 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Orne in the region Normandy (2015 Basse-Normandie ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche and to the Collines du Perche Normand , a community of municipalities founded in 2016 . The residents call themselves dominoes .

geography

The municipality is located in the Perche countryside and the Perche Regional Nature Park , 45 kilometers east-southeast of the departmental capital Alençon and about 53 kilometers northeast of Le Mans . The small rivers in the 13.27 km² municipal area ( Ruisseau de Grand-Fontaine, Ruisseau de la Bulardière, Ruisseau de Couette, Ruisseau de la Guignère ) drain south to the Même in the Loire catchment area . The area is characterized by meadows, small forests and the typical hedges ( bocages ) that delimit the pastures. Numerous individual farms and hamlets belong to the community. The largest are Couasme, Croix Tarenne, Grand-Fontaine, La Renardière, La Liardière, Le Bouhoux, Le Vivier, Clos Rohard and La Pommeraie . Dame-Marie is bounded by the neighboring communities of Perche en Nocé in the north, northeast and east, Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière in the southeast and south, La Chapelle-Souëf and Appenai-sous-Bellême in the southwest and Bellême in the west and northwest.

Place name

The place name was first mentioned in 1247 in the parish church of Dogne Marie.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
289 253 186 181 156 177 171 154
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Château de Couesme from the 18th and 19th centuries, monument historique since 1973
  • Château de Renardière
  • 19th century fountain and lavoir , Monument historique
  • Former priory of the Benedictine Sisters of Notre-Dame, founded in 1023, with a gatehouse from the 14th century, Monument historique
  • Notre-Dame Church, built in 1026 as part of the former priory

  • Gatehouse of the former priory

  • Notre-Dame church

  • Fountain and lavoir

  • Parish festival house

Economy and Infrastructure

Seven farms are located in the municipality of Dame-Marie (grain cultivation, cattle and horse breeding). There are also some craft businesses such as bricklayers, carpenters, electricians and a timber merchant.

The D955 trunk road leads through Dame-Marie from Mamers to Nogent-le-Rotrou . In Alençon , 45 kilometers away, there are connections to the A 28 and the RN 12 .

supporting documents

  1. ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing : Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Larousse, 1963
  2. ↑ Dame-Marie on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Dame-Marie on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Château de Couesme in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Fountain and Lavoir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  6. ↑ Former priory in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  7. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr

Web links

Commons : Dame-Marie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files