Occagnes

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Karine Bourdelas^[1]Area15.56 km² (6.01 sq mi)Population675 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation160–244 m (525–801 ft)
(avg. 177 m or 581 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Occagnes (French pronunciation: [ɔkaɲ] ^ⓘ) 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, Pommainville, La Petite Rue,Cuy and Occagnes.^[3]

The commune has the River Houay and one of its tributaries the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot running through it.^[4]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique

• Château de Cuy a 17th Century Chateau in Occagnes registered as a Monument historique in 1936.^[5]
• Church of Cuy is an 11th Century Church that is an example of the first Romanesque art.^[6]

• 
  Château de Cuy (Occagnes)
• 
  Vestiges de l’église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte d’Occagnes (Pommainville)
• 
  Church of Cuy - as photographed by Milka-berger

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References