Mortain Bocage

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Mortain Bocage
Mortain-Bocage (France)
Mortain Bocage
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Avranches
Canton Le Mortainais
Community association Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Coordinates 48 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W
height 70-327 m
surface 62.63 km 2
Residents 2,942 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50140
INSEE code
Website http://www.mortain-bocage.fr/

Mortain-Bocage is a French commune with 2,942 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Avranches and the Canton of Le Mortainais . It is an access community associated with the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park , but due to the merger that has taken place, parts of the community belong directly to the nature park.

geography

Mortain-Bocage is about 32 kilometers east-southeast of Avranches on the Cance . Mortain-Bocage is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Clément-Rancoudray in the north, Barenton in the east, Le Teilleul in the southeast, Ferrières and Saint-Symphorien-des-Monts in the south, Lapenty in the southwest, Milly in the west, Romagny Fontenay in the west and Northwest and Le Neufbourg in the northwest.

history

On January 1, 2016, Mortain-Bocage was formed from the municipalities of Bion , Mortain , Notre-Dame-du-Touchet , Saint-Jean-du-Corail and Villechien .

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2016)
Bion 50056 12.67 .0375
Mortain (administrative headquarters) 50359 07.44 1,536
Notre-Dame-du-Touchet000 50381 17.65 .0630
Saint-Jean-du-Corail 50494 14.04 .0239
Villechien 50638 10.83 .0175

Attractions

  • so-called White Monastery, founded in 1120
  • Saint-Evroult church in Mortain
  • Saint-Pierre in Bion church from the 20th century
  • Church of Notre-Dame-du-Touchet.
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 18th century
  • 19th century Saint-Hilaire
  • Saint-Michel Chapel in Montjoie
  • Bourberouge Chapel
  • Chapel of La Bizardière
  • Former Touchet Castle, destroyed during the Revolution
  • Le Bois d'Husson Castle
  • Saint-Jean Castle
  • Bourberoug Castle, built around 1838
  • Le Logis castle with chapel

Web links

Commons : Mortain-Bocage  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016