Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême

Commune in Normandy, France

Location of Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême

(2020–2026) Serge Cailly^[1]Area

15.84 km² (6.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

546 • Density34/km² (89/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61426 /61130

Elevation122–244 m (400–801 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ dy vjø bɛlɛm] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[3]

Points of interest

La réserve des Houles-Blanches is a 6950 m2 is a local nature reserve, created in 1992 under the Natura 2000 scheme.^[4] The reserve is home to variopus flora and fauna such as the Brown hairstreak, European tree frog and Hazel dormouse.^[5]

National heritage sites

*Château du Tertre a seventeenth Century chateau in Sérigny, that from 1926 was home to Nobel prize winning novelist Roger Martin du Gard.^[6] The grounds and Estate are in this commune and neighbouring commune of Belforêt-en-Perche^[7]

References

^ "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.
^ "Commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême (61426) − COG | Insee". www.insee.fr.
^ "Réserve des Houles-blanches".
^ "Les Houles Blanches - randonnée autour de belleme et la perriere". Le Perche en Normandie - Collines du Perche Normand : économie, tourisme, vie quotidienne.
^ "Château du Tertre (également sur commune de Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême) à Sérigny - PA00110951". monumentum.fr.
^ "Château du Tertre à Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême - PA61000009". monumentum.fr.