Tinchebray-Bocage () is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region in north-western France. The result of the merger, on 1 January 2015, of the communes of Beauchêne, Frênes, Larchamp, Saint-Cornier-des-Landes, Saint-Jean-des-Bois, Tinchebray and Yvrandes.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Frênes, Poulhaye, Tinchebray, La Béharie, Saint-Jean-des-Bois, Yvrandes, Les Trois Cheminées, Larchamp, Le Biot and Beauchêne.
The rivers Noireau and Égrenne flow through the commune.
The commune is on the border of the area known as Suisse Normande.
Population Population data refer to the area corresponding with the commune as of January 2025.
Points of Interest
Musée du clou is a museum set in an authentic 18th century forge, that is dedicated to the making of nails Maison du sabotier - a museum dedicated to the tools and machinery used in the making of Clogs. Prison royale de Tinchebray - a local museum dedicated to telling the story of the local 17th century prison.
National Heritage sites
The Commune has a total of 6 buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.
Yvrandes Church - 14th Century church, added as a monument in 1926. Former prison of Tinchebray - 17th Century prison, added as a monument in 1978. It is now a museum. Rochefort spinning mill - 19th Century Mill that was in use up to 1960 for working with wool, added as a monument in 1997. Montiers Church - 17th century church, added as a monument in 1985. Saint-Rémy Chapel - an 11th-century church, added as a monument in 1944. Manoir de la Guyonnière - a 17th-century manor house, added as a monument in 1979.
Notable people Jean-Baptiste Quéruel (1779 -1845)the inventor of the method for industrial production of sugar from beet died and was buried here. Edgar Le Bastard (1836 -1892) a French industrialist and politician in the nineteenth century was born here. André Breton (1896 -1966) a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism, was born here.Lawrence Gowing, ed., Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, v.1 (Facts on File, 2005): 84. Guy Degrenne (1925 - 2006) a French businessman who specialised in cutlery and silverware. Sylvia Bassot (1940 - 2014) a member of the National Assembly of France from 1996 until 2012 is buried here. Jérôme Nury - a member of the National Assembly of France is mayor of the commune, and been previous mayor of Tinchebray.
Twin towns – sister cities
Tinchebray-Bocage is twinned with:
Fallingbostel-Dorfmark, Germany
See also Communes of the Orne department
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