Subprefecture and commune in Normandy, France
Mortagne-au-Perche (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ o pɛʁʃ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, north-western France.[3] It is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère.[4]
Points of interest
National heritage sites
The Commune has seventeen buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
- Hôtel de Longueil a former 15th centaury hotel, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[6]
- convent of the Poor Clares of Saint-François a former sixteenth centaury convent, registered as a Monument historique in 1920.[7]
- Saint-Nicolas hospital a former sixteenth centaury hospital, registered as a Monument historique in 1997.[8]
- Collegiate church of Toussaint a former thirteenth centaury church served by a college of canons, registered as a Monument historique in 1972.[9]
- Notre-Dame Church a fifteenth centaury church, registered as a Monument historique in 1910.[10]
- Saint-Germain-de-Loisé Church a fifteenth centaury church, registered as a Monument historique in 1972.[11]
- Mortagne Hippodrome the three wooden grandstands at this racecourse are the oldest preserved examples in France they were registered as a Monument historique in 1996. The stands are used Each year on the first Sunday in September, for the Orne departmental competition for conformation and gait of Percheron horses.[12][13]
- Hôtel a former eighteenth centaury, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[14]
- Hôtel de Fontenay an eighteenth centaury hotel, still in operation, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[15]
- Hotel des Tailles an eighteenth centaury hotel, still in operation, it was registered as a monument in 1971.[16]
- House of Henry IV a sixteenth centaury house, that Henry IV visited in 1599, it was registered as a monument in 1979.[17]
- Dean Toussaint House a fifteenth centaury house built for the dean of the collegiate church, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[18]
- The house of the Counts of Perche a seventeenth centaury stately house built on the site of where the counts of Perche resided in the 12th century, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[19]
- Birthplace of Alain a nineteenth centaury house where the philosopher Alain was born, it was registered as a monument in 1995.[20]
- Turret house a fifteenth century house, with a Turret, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[21]
- Porte Saint-Denis a twelfth centaury door, revealing a Cart arch that was the entrance to Fort Toussaint, it was registered as a monument in 1975.[22]
- Statue of Neptune' located in the garden of the town hall, this statue was created in 1866 by Emmanuel Frémiet, it was registered as a monument in 2006.[23]
Twin towns – sister cities
Mortagne-au-Perche is twinned with:[26]
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