Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
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|name = Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
|commune status = Commune
|image = Chateau du Mont de Cerisy Belle Etoile.JPG
|caption = The ruins of the chateau in Cerisy
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Flers-1
|INSEE = 61078
|postal code = 61100
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Flers Agglo
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|elevation min m = 102
|elevation max m = 256
|area km2 = 13.40
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|demonym = Ceriséens ou Estoliens
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Cerisy-Belle-Étoile is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is part of the area known as Norman Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.office-tourisme-putanges.com/decouvrir/images/carte-suisse-normande/carte-sn.pdf|title=Map of Suisse Normande}}
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets: La Monnerie, La Perrière, La Morlandière, La Vallerie, La Jehannière, Les Haies, Les Loges, La Gaumonnière, L'Abbaye de Belle Étoile, La Hagrie, Épivent, Visance and Cerisy-Belle-Étoile.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61100+Cerisy-Belle-%C3%89toile,+France/@48.784105,-0.6462389,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x480a2b8ad9c3121f:0x67442d5e8429deb7!8m2!3d48.7961669!4d-0.6262489!16s/m/03qgrlh?entry=ttu|title=Cerisy-Belle-Étoile · 61100, France|website=Cerisy-Belle-Étoile · 61100, France}}
The commune is traversed by the Noireau and Visance rivers, as well as the Fontaines stream.
{{Geographic location
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|state=expanded
|Centre = Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
|North = Caligny
|Northeast =
|East = La Bazoque
|Southeast = La Lande-Patry
|South = Landisacq
|Southwest = Tinchebray-Bocage
|West = Montsecret-Clairefougère
|Northwest = Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont
}}
Points of Interest
- The communal forest of Cerisy-Belle-Etoile is a 90 hectare forest open to the public.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flers-agglo.fr/mon-quotidien/visites-et-balades/les-forets/|title=Les forêts}}
=National heritage sites=
- The former Abbey of Belle-Etoile is a thirteenth century former abbey established after the conquest of Normandy by Philip II of France. It was made a Monument historique in 1926.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110762/cerisy-belle-etoile-ancienne-abbaye-de-belle-etoile|title=Ancienne abbaye de Belle-Etoile à Cerisy-Belle-Etoile - PA00110762|website=monumentum.fr}}
File:FranceNormandieCerisyBelleEtoileStPierreDEntremontNoireau.jpg|Noireau River in Cerisy-Belle-Étoile
File:Cerisy-Belle-Etoile, le Bourg.JPG|Le Bourg in Cerisy-Belle-Etoile
File:Abbaye de Belle-Étoile 006.jpg|Abbaye de Belle-Étoile
Culture
- Les Bichoiseries is an annual Contemporary music festival each June that occurs on Mount Cerisy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/cerisy-belle-etoile-61100/en-festival-ou-sur-une-deneigeuse-yohann-riallot-prend-soin-du-mont-de-cerisy-35e2e85e-b451-11ee-b2a2-ccb95da3b2ac|title=En festival ou sur une déneigeuse, Yohann Riallot prend soin du mont de Cerisy|website=ouest-france.fr}} It attracts about 6,600 vistors per year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/festivals/les-bichoiseries-dans-lorne-devoilent-la-suite-de-leur-programmation-pour-ledition-2025-d6171c74-ba30-11ef-b8b6-a281cdb12686|title=Les Bichoiseries, dans l’Orne, dévoilent la suite de leur programmation pour l’édition 2025 |website=ouest-france.fr}} The festival has been going since 2005, originally hosted in La Chapelle-Biche before moving to Cerisy-Belle-Étoile in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bichoiseries.com/mafiozik/|title=L'association|website=FESTIVAL LES BICHOISERIES}}
People linked with the commune
- Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (1679 – 1734), a French explorer who documented his travels across North America was born here, and later buried here.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/etienne-veniard-de-bourgmont/17832|title=Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society|website=www.kshs.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article5670|title=61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs|website=www.landrucimetieres.fr}}
See also
References
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