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.Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1965, pp. 1483-1485.
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
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