Champsecret

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Champsecret
Commune
The town hall in Champsecret
Location of Champsecret
Champsecret Location within France Show map of France Champsecret Location within Normandy Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°36′36″N 0°32′58″W / 48.61°N 0.5494°W / 48.61; -0.5494
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Domfront en Poiraie
Intercommunality	Domfront Tinchebray Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Corbière
Area 1	44.68 km2 (17.25 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (980 ft)
Highest elevation	313 m (1,027 ft)
Lowest elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population  (2023)	963
• Density	21.6/km2 (55.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61091 /61700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Champsecret (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃səkʁɛ] ^ⓘ) 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.

It is 4,470 hectares (17.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 215 metres (705 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. 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. The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.

The Andainette and the Varenne are the two rivers, running through this commune.

Points of interest

• Arboretum de l'Étoile des Andaines - Created in 1947 this arboretum features over 70 hardwood and Conifer trees.

Notable people

• Auguste-François Maunoury - (1811–1898) was a Catholic Hellenist and exegete, who was born here.
• Louis Corbière - (1850 - 1941) a French botanist and mycologist was born here.
• Charles Lucien Léandre - (1862–1934) was a French caricaturist and painter, who was born here, and later buried here.
• Chantal Jourdan - (born 1952) a member of the French National Assembly, was mayor here from 2008-2014.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

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