Occagnes (French pronunciation: [ɔkaɲ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Pommainville, La Petite Rue,Cuy and Occagnes.
Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms.
Occagnes along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.
The commune has the River Houay and one of its tributaries the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot running through it.
Notable buildings and places
National heritage sites
The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique
- Château de Cuy a 17th Century Chateau in Occagnes registered as a Monument historique in 1936.
- Church of Cuy is an 11th Century Church that is an example of the first Romanesque art.
See also
- Communes of the Orne department
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