Le Grais

Le Grais
Le Grais
Commune
	The town hall in Le Grais
	Location of Le Grais
	Le Grais Location within France Le Grais Location within Normandy
	Coordinates: 48°38′23″N 0°19′40″W / 48.6397°N 0.3278°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Auvray
Area 1	12.21 km2 (4.71 sq mi)
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Highest elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Lowest elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2023)	208
• Density	17.0/km2 (44.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61195 /61600
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Grais (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁɛ] ^ⓘ) 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.

It is 1,220 hectares (4.7 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 239 metres (784 ft).

There are a total of five watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Rouvre and The Rouvrette. The other water courses are all streams, The Beaudouit, La Petitiere and The Moulinet.

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.