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 were 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

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