Gacé

Gacé is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France.

Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Chapelle Mongenouil and Gacé.

The commune has one river, The Touques and a single stream, the Bouillant running through its borders.

Notable buildings and places

 * Gacé museum  a museum based at Chateau à Gacé that shows a collection of 2,500 minerals, fossils and meteorites.
 * The Lady of the Camellias Museum based at the Chateau à Gacé is a museum dedicated to the life of Marie Duplessis.

National heritage sites

 * Château à Gacé a 14th century chateau listed as a monument in 1968.

Notable people

 * Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.
 * Charles Auguste de Goÿon (1647-1729), a French diplomat and soldier who was the Count of Gacé.

Twin towns

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