Les Genettes () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
Les Genettes is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Houssière, La Piquenoterie, Les Genettes, La Poulevallerie, Les Côtes and Les Barres.
The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.
Two rivers, the Iton and L'Itonne flow through the commune.
Notable people
Loïk Le Floch-Prigent (born 1943), was CEO of Elf Aquitaine between July 1989 and 1993 during which time he purchased the Château des Genettes, which was later questioned as part of the Elf Aquitaine fraud scandal investigation.
See also Communes of the Orne department
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