Le Merlerault

Le Merlerault
Le Merlerault
Part of Merlerault-le-Pin
	The church in Le Merlerault
	Location of Le Merlerault
	Map credit Le Merlerault Location within France Map credit Le Merlerault Location within Normandy
	Coordinates: 48°42′04″N 0°17′11″E / 48.7011°N 0.2864°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Rai
Commune	Merlerault-le-Pin
Area 1	19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Elevation	227 m (745 ft)
Highest elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Lowest elevation	184 m (604 ft)
Population (2022)	754
• Density	39.5/km2 (102/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61240
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Merlerault (French pronunciation: [lə mɛʁləʁo] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.

Geography

The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.

The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.

Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.

Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.
François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here.
Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.

Arms of Le Merlerault	The arms of Le Merlerault are blazoned : Argent, a blackbird sable, on a chief azure a heart argent between 2 fleurs de lys Or.