Passais Villages () 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 L'Épinay-le-Comte, Passais (the seat) and Saint-Siméon.Arrêté préfectoral 28 December 2015
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Passais, L'Épinay-le-Comte, Saint-Siméon, La Richardière and Beslay.
The river Colmont flows through the commune.
The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.
Points of interest
Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais is the attic of the l'Oratoire de Passais chapel, which is listed as a Natura 2000 conservation site. The chapel roof contains a nest of Greater mouse-eared bats, which are listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive.
National heritage sites
The commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
Devil's Table Dolmen a Neolithic dolmen, it was registered as a monument in 1973. L'Épinay-le-Comte Manor a twelfth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1940. Manoir de la Guerinière a fifteenth-century manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1975. Menhir du Perron a Neolithic Menhir, registered as a Monument historique in 1926.
Notable people
Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir - (1749 – 1783) was a secret French envoy to the American colonies who was born here.
See also Communes of the Orne department
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