Le Grais
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Grais
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mairie Le Grais.jpg
|caption = The town hall in Le Grais
|arrondissement = Argentan
|canton = Athis-Val de Rouvre
|INSEE = 61195
|postal code = 61600
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Flers Agglo
|coordinates = {{coord|48.6397|-0.3278|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 225
|elevation min m = 209
|elevation max m = 297
|area km2 = 12.21
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Le Grais ({{IPA|fr|lə ɡʁɛ|-|Fr-Le Grais.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, Le Val Benoît,Le Château and Le Grais.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61600+Le+Grais,+France/@48.6446708,-0.3458894,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x48098b4f44e1dbb3:0x40c14484fb81650!2s61600+Lonlay-le-Tesson,+France!3b1!8m2!3d48.643816!4d-0.353033!16s/m/03w9kwy!3m5!1s0x4809f4a415266f19:0x40c14484fb818b0!8m2!3d48.63897!4d-0.329427!16s/m/03qgr85?entry=ttu|title=Le Grais · 61600, France|website=Le Grais · 61600, France}}
It is {{convert|1220|ha|sqmi|1}} in size. The highest point in the commune is {{convert|239|m|ft}}.
There are a total of six watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Rouvre and The Rouvrette. The other water courses are all streams, The Arthan, The Beaudouit, The Moulinet and La Petitiere.
{{Geographic location
| title = Neighbouring communes
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Centre = Le Grais
|North =
|Northeast = Faverolles
|East = Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq
|Southeast =
|South = Beauvain
|Southwest = Les Monts-d'Andaine
|West = Lonlay-le-Tesson
|Northwest =
}}
Notable buildings and places
=National heritage sites=
- Logis de la Petitière a 15th Century Manor house, built by the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110815/le-grais-logis-de-la-petitiere|title=Logis de la Petitière au Grais - PA00110815|website=monumentum.fr}}
See also
References
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{{Orne communes}}
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Category:Monuments historiques of Orne
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