Champsecret
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Champsecret
|commune status = Commune
|image = Champsecret-mairie.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Champsecret
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Domfront en Poiraie
|INSEE = 61091
|postal code = 61700
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Domfront Tinchebray Interco
|coordinates = {{coord|48.61|-0.5494|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 300
|elevation min m = 140
|elevation max m = 313
|area km2 = 44.68
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Champsecret ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃səkʁɛ|-|Fr-Paris--Champsecret.ogg}}) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Chesnaie, Les Fourchets, La Botellerie, Le Hamel, Le Tertre, Pont de Pierre, La Noé, La Basse Verrerie, L'Ermitage and Champsecret.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61700+Champsecret,+France/@48.6066382,-0.566574,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4809859a4102e609:0x40c14484fb81f00!8m2!3d48.609051!4d-0.552473!16zL20vMDkybjB3?entry=ttu|title=Champsecret · 61700, France|website=Champsecret · 61700, France}}
It is {{convert|4470|ha|sqmi|1}} in size. The highest point in the commune is {{convert|215|m|ft}}.
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.{{Citation |url=https://www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/upload/document/rapportcharte_020621_web_BD.pdf|title=rapport de charte|website=parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/}} Champsecret along with the communes of Perrou, Les Monts d'Andaine, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Dompierre and Domfront en Poiraie is part of the Bassin de l'Andainette a Natura 2000 conservation site.{{Cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2500119|title=INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description}} The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.donnees.normandie.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/pdf/N2000/FR2500119f.pdf |title=Bassin de l’Andainette| website=Ministère de la Transition écologique}}
The Andainette and the Varenne are the two rivers, running through this commune.
{{Geographic location
| title = Neighbouring communes
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Centre = Champsecret
|North = Dompierre
|Northeast = La Ferrière-aux-Étangs & La Coulonche
|East = Les Monts-d'Andaine
|Southeast = Juvigny-Val-d'Andaine
|South = Perrou
|Southwest = Domfront en Poiraie
|West = Saint-Bômer-les-Forges
|Northwest =
}}
Points of interest
- Arboretum de l'Étoile des Andaines - Created in 1947 this arboretum features over 70 hardwood and Conifer trees.
=National heritage sites=
The Commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/departement/61/orne|title=Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61|website=monumentum.fr}}
- Forges de Varennes the site features a blast furnace built in 1767, a refinery and a splitting mill, it was registered as a monument in 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110771/champsecret-forges-de-varennes|title=Forges de Varennes à Champsecret - PA00110771|website=monumentum.fr}}
- Champsecret Church a seventeenth century church, registered as a Monument historique in 1984.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110770/champsecret-eglise|title=Eglise à Champsecret - PA00110770|website=monumentum.fr}}
- Cross of the old cemetery a sixteenth century hexagonal granite cross, registered as a Monument historique in 1938.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110769/champsecret-croix-de-lancien-cimetiere|title=Croix de l'ancien cimetière à Champsecret - PA00110769|website=monumentum.fr}}
- Old manor a fourteenth century manor, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110772/champsecret-vieux-manoir|title=Vieux manoir à Champsecret - PA00110772|website=monumentum.fr}}
Notable People
- Auguste-François Maunoury - (1811–1898) was a Catholic Hellenist and exegete, who was born here.{{Cite web|url=https://alencon.maville.com/actu/actudet_-champsecret.-la-promotion-de-la-ville-se-fait-en-peinture_13-3792703_actu.Htm|title=Champsecret. La promotion de la ville se fait en peinture|website=alencon.maville.com}}
- Louis Corbière - (1850 - 1941) a French botanist and mycologist was born here.{{Cite web|url=https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=105858|title=CTHS - CORBIÈRE Francois Marie Louis|website=cths.fr}}
- Charles Lucien Léandre - (1862–1934) was a French caricaturist and painter, who was born here, and later buried here.{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/charles-lucien-leandre-2846|title=Charles Lucien Léandré | Smithsonian American Art Museum|website=americanart.si.edu}}{{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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Category:Monuments historiques of Orne
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