Montabard

Montabard
Montabard
Commune
	Church of Saint Martin in Montabard
	Location of Montabard
	Montabard Location within France Montabard Location within Normandy
	Coordinates: 48°48′50″N 0°04′33″W / 48.8139°N 0.0758°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-1
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Amélie Delaunay
Area 1	10.97 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population (2023)	287
• Density	26.2/km2 (67.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61283 /61160
Elevation	170–253 m (558–830 ft) ; (avg. 252 m or 827 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montabard (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tabaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Montabard and Villers

Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms.^[3]

Montabard 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.^[4]