Occagnes

Occagnes
Commune
The church of Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais of Occagnes
Location of Occagnes
Occagnes Occagnes
Coordinates: 48°46′45″N 0°04′17″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-1
Intercommunality	Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Karine Bourdelas
Area 1	15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	671
• Density	43.1/km2 (112/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61314 /61200
Elevation	160–244 m (525–801 ft) (avg. 177 m or 581 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Occagnes (French pronunciation: [ɔkaɲ] ^ⓘ) 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, Pommainville, La Petite Rue,Cuy and Occagnes.

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

Occagnes 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.

The commune has the River Houay and one of its tributaries the Ruisseau des Fontaines Thiot running through it.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

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

• Château de Cuy a 17th Century Chateau in Occagnes registered as a Monument historique in 1936.
• Church of Cuy is an 11th Century Church that is an example of the first Romanesque art.

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  Château de Cuy (Occagnes)
• 
  Vestiges de l’église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte d’Occagnes (Pommainville)
• 
  Church of Cuy - as photographed by Milka-berger

See also

• Communes of the Orne department