Le Merlerault

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

National heritage sites

 * Ensemble castral remains of a medieval residence with a circular mound, it was registered as a Monument historique 1989.

Notable People

 * Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.
 * François Pouqueville - (1770 – 1838) a French diplomat, writer, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France was born here.
 * Léon Labbé - (1832 – 1916) a French surgeon and politician was born here.

Twin towns – sister cities
Le Merlerault is twinned with:


 * Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)