Almenêches

Almenêches is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography
The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets, Saint-Hippolyte, Almenêches, Fligny, La Gare, Le Mesnil, Les Champs Bouchers, Le Friche, Surônes and Les Essarts.

Almenêches has a total of 15 water courses running through it, three rivers The Orne, la Dieuge and Le Don. The other twelve watercourses are all streams;


 * 1) la Gironde
 * 2) Fausse Rivière
 * 3) Querpont
 * 4) L'Epinet
 * 5) Noës
 * 6) Essards
 * 7) Essards
 * 8) Essarts
 * 9) Rogneux
 * 10) Calvaire
 * 11) Joncerai
 * 12) Plessis

National heritage sites
Almenêches church  a 16th century Church that was part of Almenêches Abbey and listed as a Monument historique in 1948.

Population
The inhabitants are known as Almenéchois in French.

Notable people

 * Louis-Guillaume Perreaux (1816 -1889) an inventor who submitted one of the first patents for a working motorcycle in 1869, was born here.