Chailloué (French pronunciation: [ʃajwe]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Marmouillé and Neuville-près-Sées were merged into Chailloué.[3]

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, La Dufrênerie, Marmouillé, Champ Bourdin, Bois Chassevent, Neuville-près-Sées, La Dultière and Chailloué.[4]

Chailloué along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]

Chailloués has two rivers, La Don & La Senelle and two streams the Monts Damain & the Essarts, making up the 4 watercourses running through the commune.


Notable buildings and places

  • Rustik is an immersive amusement park, set in a medieval-fantasy kingdom, which opened in 2020.[6][7]

National heritage sites

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

  • Château a 17th-century castle built by the Vieupont family, and registered as a monument historique in 2010.[8]
  • Former church of Saint-Pierre Saint-Jean and Saint-Paterne de Montrond a 14th-century former church, classed as a monument historique in 1979.[9]

See also


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