Chailloué

Chailloué
Chailloué
Commune
	The church of Saint-Paterne of Montrond
	Location of Chailloué
	Chailloué Chailloué
	Coordinates: 48°39′09″N 0°11′54″E / 48.6525°N 0.1983°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Leloup
Area 1	35.88 km2 (13.85 sq mi)
Population (2021)	893
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym	Cailloutins
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61081 /61500
Elevation	167–223 m (548–732 ft) ; (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chailloué (French pronunciation: [ʃajwe]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Marmouillé and Neuville-près-Sées were merged into Chailloué.^[3]

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, La Dufrênerie, Marmouillé, Champ Bourdin, Bois Chassevent, Neuville-près-Sées, La Dultière and Chailloué.^[4]

Chailloué along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.^[5]

Chailloués has two rivers, La Don & La Senelle and two streams the Monts Damain & the Essarts, making up the 4 watercourses running through the commune.

Notable buildings and places

Rustik is an immersive amusement park, set in a medieval-fantasy kingdom, which opened in 2020.^[6]^[7]

National heritage sites

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

Château a 17th century castle built by the Vieupont family, and registered as a monument historique in 2010.^[8]
Former church of Saint-Pierre Saint-Jean and Saint-Paterne de Montrond a 14th century former church, classed as a monument historique in 1979.^[9]