Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets

Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets () 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, Le Vivier, La Vallée, La Quérullière, La Houlette, Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, La Perrochère, Les Domaines, Le Bouillon, La Morousière, La Dauphinière and La Vrainière.

Points of Interest

• Musée d'Andy et Wendy Fowler is a museum dedicated to Wireless vintage radios, Avon bottles and the mechanism of the old bell tower clock from the church opposite that first opened in 2004.

Notable people

• Jean-Baptiste Quéruel (1779 -1845) the inventor of the method for industrial production of sugar from beet was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References