Magny-le-Désert

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Magny-le-Désert

(2020–2026) Claudine Bellenger^[1]Area

33.34 km² (12.87 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,382 • Density41/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61243 /61600

Elevation166–281 m (545–922 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Magny-le-Désert (French pronunciation: [maɲi lə dezɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Teinture, Le Bois Gervais, Gourbon, La Basse Retaudière, La Roulerie, La Houssaye, Lannerie, La Perdrière and Magny-le-Désert.^[4]

It is 3,330 hectares (12.9 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 210 metres (690 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.^[5]

The commune has two watercourse flowing through it, The river Gourbe and the Bois Tesselin stream.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Notre-Dame Church 13th century church, that was registered as a Monument historique in 1927.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Commune de Magny-le-Désert (61243) − COG | Insee". www.insee.fr.
^ ^a ^b "Magny-le-Désert · 61600, France". Magny-le-Désert · 61600, France.
^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
^ "Eglise Notre-Dame à Magny-le-Désert - PA00110842". monumentum.fr.