Feings, Orne
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Feings
|commune status = Commune
|image = Feings - Mairie - 1.jpg
|caption = The town hall in Feings
|arrondissement = Mortagne-au-Perche
|canton = Mortagne-au-Perche
|INSEE = 61160
|postal code = 61400
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pays de Mortagne au Perche
|coordinates = {{coord|48.5467|0.6344|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 200
|elevation min m = 167
|elevation max m = 261
|area km2 = 20.24
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Feings ({{IPA|fr|fɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
Feings along with the communes of Tourouvre au Perche, Longny les Villages, Le Mage, Moutiers-au-Perche and Charencey shares part of the Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche a Natura 2000 conservation site.{{Cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2500106|title=INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500106 - Forets, etangs et tourbieres du Haut-Perche - Description|access-date=4 August 2024|archive-date=31 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731193838/https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2500106|url-status=live}} The site measures 3670 hectares and is home to fifteen species protected Flora and Fauna.{{Cite web |url=https://www.donnees.normandie.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/pdf/N2000/FR2500106f.pdf |title=Forêts, étangs et tourbières du Haut-Perche |website=Ministère de la Transition écologique |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804220608/https://www.donnees.normandie.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/pdf/N2000/FR2500106f.pdf |url-status=live }}
In addition the Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.{{Cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2512004|title=INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description|access-date=29 December 2024|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923191545/https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2512004|url-status=live}}
Points of Interest
- La Tourbière de Commeauche is a nature reserve that features a preserved peat bog in a clearing in the Réno-Valdieu forest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orne.fr/espaces-naturels-sensibles/la-tourbiere-de-la-commeauche|title=La Tourbière de la Commeauche | Conseil départemental de l'Orne|website=www.orne.fr|access-date=27 December 2023|archive-date=27 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227233325/https://www.orne.fr/espaces-naturels-sensibles/la-tourbiere-de-la-commeauche|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://cen-normandie.fr/sites-et-milieux-naturels/tourbiere-de-commeauche|title=TOURBIERE DE COMMEAUCHE | Conservatoires d'espaces naturels de Normandie|website=cen-normandie.fr|access-date=27 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228075112/http://cen-normandie.fr/sites-et-milieux-naturels/tourbiere-de-commeauche|url-status=live}}
=National heritage sites=
- Ancienne chartreuse du Val-Dieu is a former Charterhouse that was listed as a Monument historique in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa61000004/feings-ancienne-chartreuse-du-val-dieu|title=Ancienne chartreuse du Val-Dieu à Feings - PA61000004|website=monumentum.fr|access-date=14 November 2023|archive-date=14 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114094841/https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa61000004/feings-ancienne-chartreuse-du-val-dieu|url-status=live}}
See also
References
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