Craménil

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jean Onfroy^[1]Area8.09 km² (3.12 sq mi)Population129 • Density16/km² (41/sq mi)DemonymCraméniloisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation174–253 m (571–830 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Craménil (French pronunciation: [kʁamenil] ^ⓘ) 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 Bois, Chênesec,La Morinière and Craménil.^[3]

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[4]

There are 3 watercourses that run through the commune, the River Rouvre and two streams the Maufy and the Haie.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

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

• Four Bridges of the Rouvre a collection of 16-17th Century Toll Bridges, known as the Motte bridge, the Chênesecq bridge, the Neuf bridge and the Raulette bridge.^[5] The bridges are the last evidence of 16-17th Century toll bridges and were used up to the end of the 19th Century, beginning of the 20th Century, when the mills they served closed down.^[6] They wwere registered as a Monument historique in 1993.^[5]
• The sharpener of Gargantua Menhir a Neolithic Menhir registered as a Monument historique in 1889.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References