Appenai-sous-Bellême (, Appenai under Bellême) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Joffardière, La Vallée Aubry, Appenai-sous-Bellême, Le Plessis, Cône Bergère, La Métairie, La Heulinière, La Ramblaise and La Vacherie.
Appenai-sous-Bellême along with the communes of Vaunoise, Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Igé and Belforêt-en-Perche is part of the Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme a Natura 2000 conservation site. The site measures 105 hectares and is home to the European stag beetle and European ash.
A river, La Coudre flows through the commune.
Population
Points of Interest
National heritage sites
Château des Feugerets is a 16th-century Chateau, declared as a Monument historique in 2001. The Chateau grounds are shared with the neighbouring commune of La Chapelle-Souëf
See also Communes of the Orne department
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