Passais Villages

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Passais Villages

(2020–2026) Dominique Morel^[1]Area

42.36 km² (16.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,162 • Density27/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61324 /61350

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Passais Villages (French pronunciation: [pasɛ vilaʒ]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of L'Épinay-le-Comte, Passais (the seat) and Saint-Siméon.^[3]

Points of interest

National heritage sites

The commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[4]

Devil's Table Dolmen a Neolithic dolmen, it was registered as a monument in 1973.^[5]
L'Épinay-le-Comte Manor a twelfth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1940.^[6]
Manoir de la Guerinière a fifteenth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1975.^[7]
Menhir du Perron a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.^[8]

References

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^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 December 2015 (in French)
^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
^ "Dolmen dit la Table au Diable à Passais Villages - PA00110882". monumentum.fr.
^ "Manoir à Passais Villages - PA00110800". monumentum.fr.
^ "Manoir de la Guerinière à Passais Villages - PA00110883". monumentum.fr.
^ "Menhir du Perron à Passais Villages - PA00110884". monumentum.fr.