Lougé-sur-Maire: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

By the water, the local picnic area has several tables. A grocery shop and a bread outlet are just a few metres away.

Nature

The Natura 2000 site Haute vallée de l’Orne et affluents, a special area of conservation with the code FR2500099, extends across parts of Lougé-sur-Maire. The Natura 2000 site Haute vallée de l’Orne et ses affluents documents aquatic habitats with rivers of the lowland to montane zones, as well as vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion. The site also documents habitat type 91E0*, an alluvial forest of alder and ash, with very high priority.

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History

The Église Saint-Vaast in Lougé-sur-Maire is documented as early as 1255. At the lieu-dit La Métrière, an artillery shell killed several US soldiers on 17 August 1944; six fallen American soldiers were later identified there. In Lougé-sur-Maire, there is a stele near the war memorial and another north of the village at the lieu-dit La Métrière.

Bailey bridges were used extensively in Normandy from 1944 onwards and later served as temporary bridges during the post-war period. A Bailey bridge preserved in Lougé-sur-Maire is one of the five surviving bridge structures of this type mentioned in Normandy. One of the five structures is described as a slightly different Callender-Hamilton type.

Regional surroundings

The historic Château des Ducs (Argentan) is located in the wider region surrounding Lougé-sur-Maire. The Château de Falaise is located in the wider region surrounding Lougé-sur-Maire. The Château de Fontaine-les-Bassets is also located in the wider region surrounding Lougé-sur-Maire. The Château de Beaumais is likewise located in the wider region surrounding Lougé-sur-Maire. The Parc Régional Normandie-Maine is located in the wider region surrounding Lougé-sur-Maire. The Butte Chaumont is also situated there.

For the broader travel overview: Orne.

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