La Ferrière-Béchet

La Ferrière-Béchet is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Verdray, La Tourainnerie, Les Hayes, Les Hauts Champs and La Ferrière-Béchet.

It is 1380 ha in size. The highest point in the commune is 230 m.

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.

The Senneviere river, La Forêt stream and the Ponts Besnard stream are the three watercourses running through this area.

Notable buildings and places

 * Tourbière des Petits Riaux is a nature reserve set within a Peat bog, that features carnivorous plants.

National heritage sites

 * Markers of Forêt d'Écouves a set of 80 markers positioned in the 18th century that mark the boundaries of the forest, they were registered as a Monument historique in 1987.