Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents translated as Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 2,115 hectares in size.[1]
Geography
editThe area is focused on Orne and 3 of its main tributaries, the laize, the Noireau and the Rouvre, as they flow through the different landscapes of Norman Switzerland.[2] These landscapes range from deep gorges, torrential or slow-flowing rivers, wet meadows, alluvial forests, escarpments, scree slopes, siliceous ledges, enclosed woods and hedgerows.[3]
It is spread across 21 different communes all within the departments of Orne and calvados;[2]
- Athis-Val de Rouvre
- Berjou
- Bretteville-sur-Laize
- Le Bô
- Cahan
- Clécy
- Cossesseville
- Fresney-le-Puceux
- Les Isles-Bardel
- Ménil-Hermei
- Ménil-Hubert-sur-Orne
- Le Mesnil-Villement
- Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais
- Pont-d'Ouilly
- Putanges-le-Lac
- Rapilly
- Saint-Denis-de-Méré
- Saint-Omer
- Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne
- Saint-Rémy
- Le Vey
Conservation
editThe conservation area has seventeen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[4]
- Eurasian otter
- European bullhead
- Cottus perifretum
- Brook lamprey
- Sea lamprey
- Atlantic salmon
- White-clawed crayfish
- Freshwater pearl mussel
- Jersey tiger
- Western barbastelle
- Greater horseshoe bat
- Lesser horseshoe bat
- Geoffroy's bat
- Bechstein's bat
- Greater mouse-eared bat
- European stag beetle
- Orange-spotted emerald
In addition the Natura 2000 site has eighteen habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[4]
References
edit- ^ "La vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents | valleeorneaffluents". valleeorneaffluents.n2000.fr.
- ^ a b "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500091 - Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents - Description".
- ^ "Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents" (PDF) (in French). Ministre de la Transition écologique.
- ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents". eunis.eea.europa.eu.