Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The commune has the longest name of all the communes within the Orne department.

Geography

The Commune is one of 27 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.

The commune contains the source of the river Charentonne. In addition The Touquettes river flows through the commune, along with three streams the Ruisseau de Corru, Ruisseau des Vaux and Ruisseau de Brequigny.

Points of interest

National heritage sites

Abbey of Saint-Evroul are a set of Abbey ruins registered as a Monument historique in 1967.

Notable people

Ebrulf - (517–596) a Frankish hermit, abbot, and saint, founded the Abbey here in the 7th Century.

See also Communes of the Orne department The website of Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

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