Villers-en-Ouche | |
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Coordinates: 48°51′39″N 0°27′23″E / 48.8608°N 0.4564°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | La Ferté-Frênel |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Canton de la Ferté-Frênel |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacques Coispel |
Area 1 | 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | 343 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61506 /61550 |
Elevation | 197–257 m (646–843 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Villers-en-Ouche is a former commune in north-western France. It is in the Orne department. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune La Ferté-en-Ouche.[1]
In the commune is a large house or mansion, called the Château de Villers-en-Ouche. The château was first built in the late-1400s. It was re-built in 1610 by the family "La Chapelle".[2] The main building has a Mansard roof, decorated with 5 skylight windows, which replaced a higher roof that was burned in 1741.[3]
The grounds include a French-style garden and a 10-hectare park.[3] In 2009, the chateau was honored with the Emile Garcin-Paris Prize for work on the pigeon house, which was built in the 15th century.[2]
...le Château de Villers en Ouche, est reconstruit au début du XVIIème siècle, par l'architecte Jean-François Mansard, à l'emplacement d'un ancien château