Saint-Michel-Tubœuf

Saint-Michel-Tubœuf () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The commune was formed in 1965 by the merger of the former communes Saint-Michel-la-Forêt and Tubœuf.

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

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

Château de Thubeuf is a seventeenth century chateau and grounds, that was classed as a Monument historique in 1992.

Buat tower is a Chappe telegraph tower, built in the eighteenth century, as part of a 58 station system, used to convey messages from Paris to Brest.

Notable people

• Eugène Pirou (1841–1909) was a photographer and filmmaker, who was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References