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'''Domfront-en-Poiraie''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Orne]], northwestern [[France]]. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of [[Domfront, Orne|Domfront]] (the seat), [[La Haute-Chapelle]] and [[Rouellé]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/21/INTB1532157A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 21 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
'''Domfront en Poiraie''' ({{IPA|fr|dɔ̃fʁɔ̃ ɑ̃ pwaʁɛ}}, literally ''Domfront in Pear Orchard'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Orne]], northwestern [[France]]. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of [[Domfront, Orne|Domfront]] (the seat), [[La Haute-Chapelle]] and [[Rouellé]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/21/INTB1532157A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 21 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Its seat, Domfront, is classed as a [[Petites Cités de Caractère]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/domfront-en-poiraie_61145/tourisme-domfront-a-decroche-le-label-petite-cite-de-caractere_1641384.html|title=(Tourisme) Domfront a décroché le label Petite cité de caractère|date=27 December 2015|website=actu.fr}}</ref>

==Geography==

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, '''Le Châtellier''', '''Buais''', '''La Guerdais''', '''Rouellé''', '''L'Hargrinière''', '''La Pichellerie''', '''La Croix Pavée''', '''Saint-Front''', '''Collière''' and '''Domfront'''.<ref name="gmap">{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/61700+Domfront+en+Poiraie,+France/@48.5866299,-0.6966032,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4809827bc687ca41:0xfc525d3dc44550c!8m2!3d48.6058965!4d-0.6690744!16s/g/11bxfvrbll?entry=ttu|title=Domfront en Poiraie · 61700, France|website=Domfront en Poiraie · 61700, France}}</ref>

It is {{convert|6550|ha|sqmi|1}} in size. The highest point in the commune is {{convert|187|m|ft}}.

The commune is within the [[Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/upload/document/rapportcharte_020621_web_BD.pdf|title=rapport de charte|website=parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/}}</ref> Domfront en Poiraie along with the communes of [[Perrou]], [[Les Monts d'Andaine]], [[Juvigny Val d'Andaine]], [[Dompierre, Orne|Dompierre]] and [[Champsecret]] shares part of the [[Bassin de l'Andainette]] a [[Natura 2000]] conservation site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2500119|title=INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description}}</ref> The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the [[Cottus perifretum|Bullhead]], [[Brook lamprey]] and [[Austropotamobius pallipes|white-clawed crayfish]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donnees.normandie.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/pdf/N2000/FR2500119f.pdf |title=Bassin de l’Andainette| website=Ministère de la Transition écologique}}</ref>

Domfront en Poiraie also shares another Natura 2000 protected area, [[Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour]], which it shares with two other communes [[Lonlay-l'Abbaye]] and [[Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR2500076|title=INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500076 - Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour - Description}}</ref>
The [[Andainette]], The [[Varenne (Mayenne)|Varenne]], The Egrenne and The Sonce are the four rivers, flowing through this commune.

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|Centre = Domfront en Poiraie
|North = [[Saint-Bômer-les-Forges]] & [[Lonlay-l'Abbaye]]
|Northeast = [[Champsecret]]
|East = [[Perrou]]
|Southeast = [[Avrilly, Orne|Avrilly]] & [[Juvigny-Val-d'Andaine]]
|South = [[Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne]] & [[Torchamp]] & [[Saint-Brice, Orne|Saint-Brice]]
|Southwest = [[Saint-Roch-sur-Égrenne]] & [[Saint-Gilles-des-Marais]]
|West = [[Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley]]
|Northwest =
}}

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-61145#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |4936
|1975 |5169
|1982 |5291
|1990 |5202
|1999 |5085
|2007 |4761
|2012 |4571
|2017 |4243
}}

==Points of interest==

===National heritage sites===

The Commune has eight buildings and areas listed as a [[Monument historique]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/departement/61/orne|title=Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>

*'''[[Château de Domfront]]''' are the remains of a castle which was first constructed in the 11th century, which was registered as a monument in 1875.<ref name="mh1">{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110791/domfront-en-poiraie-chateau|title=Château à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110791|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> The castle was the birthplace of [[Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile]], daughter of [[Henry II of England|Henry II, King of England]], and [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].<{{CN|date=May 2024}}
*'''Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau''' an eleventh century church, registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 1840.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110792/domfront-en-poiraie-eglise-notre-dame-sur-leau-ou-notre-dame-sous-leau|title=Eglise Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau ou Notre-Dame-sous-l'Eau à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110792|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Saint-Julien Church''' a twentieth century church, decorated internally by [[Jean Gaudin (glass artist)|Jean Gaudin]], it was registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00125312/domfront-en-poiraie-eglise-saint-julien|title=Eglise Saint-Julien à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00125312|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''City walls of Domfront''', the walls were first constructed in 1014 by [[William of Bellême]], and later improved on by [[Robert II, Count of Artois]] who added 24 enclosure towers.<ref name="mh2">{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110793/domfront-en-poiraie-enceinte-de-la-ville|title=Enceinte de la ville à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110793|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> Today there are 14 remaining towers.<ref name="mh2"/> The walls were registered as a monument in 1929.<ref name="mh2"/>
*'''Lyvonnières Manor''' a seventeenth century manor house, registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa61000038/domfront-en-poiraie-manoir-de-lyvonnieres|title=Manoir de Lyvonnières à Domfront en Poiraie - PA61000038|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Manoir de la Guyardière''' a sixteenth century manor house, registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111000/domfront-en-poiraie-manoir-de-la-guyardiere|title=Manoir de la Guyardière à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00111000|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Manoir de la Palue''' a sixteenth century manor house, registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110794/domfront-en-poiraie-manoir-de-la-palue|title=Manoir de la Palue à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110794|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Sausserie Manor''' a fourteenth century fortified house, registered as a [[Monument historique]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00110821/domfront-en-poiraie-manoir-de-la-sausserie|title=Manoir de la Sausserie à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110821|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>

==Sport==

*Hippodrome de la Croix des Landes - Is a Race course that every has [[Harness racing]] in the last Sunday of every July.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.letrot.com/hippodromes/domfront/6105|title=Hippodrome de la Croix des Landes &#124; LETROT|website=www.letrot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ornetourisme.com/visites-loisirs/hippodrome-de-domfront/|title=Hippodrome de Domfront - Hippodrome - DOMFRONT EN POIRAIE|website=Orne Tourisme}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile]] - ({{circa|1161}} – 1214), [[List of Castilian royal consorts|Queen of Castile]] and [[Kingdom of Toledo|Toledo]] as wife of [[Alfonso VIII of Castile]], was born here.{{CN|date=May 2024}}
*[[Claude Duval]] - (1643 - 1670) a French [[highwayman]] in [[Restoration (England)|Restoration England]], was born here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/claude-duval-great-european-lives/|title=Claude Duval: The archetypal dandy highwayman and embodiment of the English Restoration|first=Charlie|last=Connelly|date=20 January 2022|website=The New European}}</ref>
*[[Émile Deshayes de Marcère]] - (1828 – 1918) a French [[politician]], was born here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/8188|title=Emile Deshayes de Marcère - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale|website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr}}</ref>
*[[Auguste Chevalier]] - (1873 – 1956) a French [[botanist]], [[taxonomist]], and explorer of tropical [[Africa]] was born here, and later buried here at the Croix des Landes cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000001449|title=Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste (1873-1956) on JSTOR|website=plants.jstor.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article5670|title=61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs|website=www.landrucimetieres.fr}}</ref>
*[[Gabriel Bablon]] - (1905 - 1956) a French army officer and [[Compagnon de la Libération]] was born here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnons/gabriel-bablon|title=Gabriel BABLON|website=Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération}}</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Domfront en Poiraie is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/24-jumelages-franco-allemands-dans-lorne-1506706|title=24 jumelages franco-allemands dans l'Orne|date=21 January 2013|website=Ouest-France.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/domfront-en-poiraie_61145/a-domfront-la-passion-du-velo-a-consolide-leur-amour_57224951.html|title=A Domfront, la passion du vélo a consolidé leur amour|date=9 February 2023|website=actu.fr}}</ref>

*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Burgwedel]], Germany
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Seia]], Portugal


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Horse racing venues in France]]


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Domfront en Poiraie is located in Normandy
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Coordinates: 48°35′38″N 0°39′00″W / 48.594°N 0.650°W / 48.594; -0.650
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonDomfront en Poiraie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Soul[1]
Area
1
65.49 km2 (25.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
4,131
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61145 /61700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Domfront en Poiraie (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃fʁɔ̃ ɑ̃ pwaʁɛ], literally Domfront in Pear Orchard) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Domfront (the seat), La Haute-Chapelle and Rouellé.[3] Its seat, Domfront, is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.[4]

Geography

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The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Châtellier, Buais, La Guerdais, Rouellé, L'Hargrinière, La Pichellerie, La Croix Pavée, Saint-Front, Collière and Domfront.[5]

It is 6,550 hectares (25.3 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 187 metres (614 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[6] Domfront en Poiraie along with the communes of Perrou, Les Monts d'Andaine, Juvigny Val d'Andaine, Dompierre and Champsecret shares part of the Bassin de l'Andainette a Natura 2000 conservation site.[7] The site measures 617 hectares and is home to creatures such as the Bullhead, Brook lamprey and white-clawed crayfish.[8]

Domfront en Poiraie also shares another Natura 2000 protected area, Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour, which it shares with two other communes Lonlay-l'Abbaye and Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley.[9]

The Andainette, The Varenne, The Egrenne and The Sonce are the four rivers, flowing through this commune.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 4,936—    
1975 5,169+0.66%
1982 5,291+0.33%
1990 5,202−0.21%
1999 5,085−0.25%
2007 4,761−0.82%
2012 4,571−0.81%
2017 4,243−1.48%
Source: INSEE[10]

Points of interest

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National heritage sites

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The Commune has eight buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.[11]

Sport

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  • Hippodrome de la Croix des Landes - Is a Race course that every has Harness racing in the last Sunday of every July.[20][21]

Notable people

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Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Domfront en Poiraie is twinned with:[27][28]

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Domfront en Poiraie.
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ "(Tourisme) Domfront a décroché le label Petite cité de caractère". actu.fr. 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Domfront en Poiraie · 61700, France". Domfront en Poiraie · 61700, France.
  6. ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
  7. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500119 - Bassin de l'Andainette - Description".
  8. ^ "Bassin de l'Andainette" (PDF). Ministère de la Transition écologique.
  9. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500076 - Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour - Description".
  10. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  11. ^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Orne - 61". monumentum.fr.
  12. ^ "Château à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110791". monumentum.fr.
  13. ^ "Eglise Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau ou Notre-Dame-sous-l'Eau à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110792". monumentum.fr.
  14. ^ "Eglise Saint-Julien à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00125312". monumentum.fr.
  15. ^ a b c "Enceinte de la ville à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110793". monumentum.fr.
  16. ^ "Manoir de Lyvonnières à Domfront en Poiraie - PA61000038". monumentum.fr.
  17. ^ "Manoir de la Guyardière à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00111000". monumentum.fr.
  18. ^ "Manoir de la Palue à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110794". monumentum.fr.
  19. ^ "Manoir de la Sausserie à Domfront en Poiraie - PA00110821". monumentum.fr.
  20. ^ "Hippodrome de la Croix des Landes | LETROT". www.letrot.com.
  21. ^ "Hippodrome de Domfront - Hippodrome - DOMFRONT EN POIRAIE". Orne Tourisme.
  22. ^ Connelly, Charlie (20 January 2022). "Claude Duval: The archetypal dandy highwayman and embodiment of the English Restoration". The New European.
  23. ^ "Emile Deshayes de Marcère - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  24. ^ "Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste (1873-1956) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
  25. ^ "61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs". www.landrucimetieres.fr.
  26. ^ "Gabriel BABLON". Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération.
  27. ^ "24 jumelages franco-allemands dans l'Orne". Ouest-France.fr. 21 January 2013.
  28. ^ "A Domfront, la passion du vélo a consolidé leur amour". actu.fr. 9 February 2023.
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