Ticheville

Ticheville 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, Le Bocage and Ticheville.

The commune has the Touques flowing through its borders, plus four other streams, La Roulandiere, The Pres Garreaux,, The Tanneries and The Valame.

Places of interest
Ticheville is home to Haras du Mezeray, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm founded by Paul de Moussac in 1962.

National heritage sites
Priory of Ticheville is a former 14th centuayy priory that was listed as a Monument historique in 1994.

Notable people

 * Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799 – 1879), a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician was born here.