Bazoches-au-Houlme

Bazoches-au-Houlme
Bazoches-au-Houlme
Commune
	A view within Bazoches-au-Houlme
	Location of Bazoches-au-Houlme
	Bazoches-au-Houlme Bazoches-au-Houlme
	Coordinates: 48°49′06″N 0°14′22″W / 48.8183°N 0.2394°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Intercommunality	Val d'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alix Dauger
Area 1	28.64 km2 (11.06 sq mi)
Population (2021)	456
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61028 /61210
Elevation	90–230 m (300–750 ft) ; (avg. 183 m or 600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bazoches-au-Houlme (French pronunciation: [bazɔʃ o ulm]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune of Bazoches-au-Houlme is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Bazoches-au-Houlme, La Guilberdière, Le Pont de Baize and La Thiboudière.

The river Baize runs through the commune, along with four of its tributaries, Ruisseau des Vaux Viets, Ruisseau du Val Lienard, Ruisseau du Val and Ruisseau des Vallees.^[4]

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Saint-Pierre Church is a church built during the 12th century that contains a group of sculptures of The Virgin Bringing Communion to Saint Avoie, from the old church of Saint-Pavin is classed as a Monument historique.^[6]
Château de Bazoches-au-Houlme is a stately home built in many stages. At first it was castle fortress remnants from the 12th century that was partly destroyed by Geoffrey Plantagenet with a watchtower that was built in the 14th century added to the structure. Later in the 15th to 18th century a stately home was added to the structure. This is classed as a Monument historique.^[7]

Saint-Pierre Church
Bazoches-au-Houlme lavoir

Notable people

Remy de Gourmont, a French symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic, was born in Bazoches-au-Houlme.^[8]
Maurice Ephrussi, owned the Haras du Gazon, a breeding farm in Bazoches-au-Houlme which produced several horses of notable ability.^[9]