Ménil-Hermei

Ménil-Hermei
Ménil-Hermei
Location within Lower Normandy region Ménil-Hermei
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
Intercommunality	Community of communes of the Val d'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sylvie Pégat
Area1	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	211
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	61267 / 61210
Elevation	63–216 m (207–709 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ménil-Hermei is a commune in the Orne department in the Basse-Normandie region of north-western France.

Administration

The mayor since March 2001 has been Sylvie Pégat. She is politically an independent.

Demography

Historical population of Ménil-Hermei
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004	2012
Population	221	208	203	210	176	155	176	211
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

• In 1321, Jean de Corday bought the fief of Mesnil-Hermey.
• In 1465, the title of nobility of Raoul de Corday du Mesnil-Hermé is confirmed.
• In 1505, Marguerite - the daughter of Guillaume "Raoult", Esquire, Lord of Mesnil-Hermey - marries Thomas Williamson, a Scottish knight staying in France with the French king, Charles VIII).
• In the 18th century, the land of Mesnil-Hermey belonged to the Marquis de Rabodanges.

Places of interest

• The valley of the River Orne with:
  • the raised stone which bygone people named: "Pierre à Gargantua".
  • the rock called "Bec Corbin", dominating the river, at the foot of which passed the old stone road from Domfront to Falaise, via Durcet, La Forêt-Auvray and Ménil-Hermei.

Between these two towns, the road followed (unlike the current asphalt road) the route of the old path of "Bougas". It was by this route that the imposing stone pedestal of the monument to William the Conqueror, erected at the foot of Falaise Castle in 1850, was sent, causing considerable difficulties for the horse teams between "Forest Bridge" and Ménil-Hermei.

• Le Mesnil Hermei La Vieville 02.jpg

  The Lavoir (washing place) of "La Vieville"

• Le Mesnil Hermei lavoir.jpg

  Another lavoir

• Le Mesnil Hermei lavoir 02.jpg

  The interior of the lavoir

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

• INSEE