Médavy () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Le Repos and Médavy.

Médavy, along with another 65 communes, is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.

Médavy has 4 water courses running through it, two rivers Orne and Don plus two streams the Gironde and the Calvaire.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has 2 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.

Château à Médavy an 11th-century fortified house, that was later fortified into a castle in the 16th century, it was listed as a monument in 1926. Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Repos a 12th-century prioral church listed as a monument in 1989.

See also Communes of the Orne department

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