Mauves-sur-Huisne

Mauves-sur-Huisne (, literally Mauves on Huisne) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.

Points of interest

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.

• Bridge in Mauves-sur-Huisne the bridge was built between 1610–11, it was registered as a monument in 1939.
• Saint-Pierre Church a thirteenth century church, registered as a Monument historique in 1975.

Notable people

• Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle - (1742 - 1807) a Saint Dominican writer of French literature and translator, who died here.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References