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Sites d'Ecouves is a Natura 2000 site within the Orne department. The protected area is based on the Cance River.[1]

Geography

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The area is 1,630 hectares in size and is located on one of the last foothills of the eastern Armorican base, the Ecouves massif.[2]

It is spread across nine different communes all within the Orne department;[3]

  1. La Bellière
  2. Boischampré
  3. Boucé
  4. Le Cercueil
  5. Fleuré
  6. Francheville
  7. La Lande-de-Goult
  8. Montmerrei
  9. Tanville

Some of the protected site is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[4]

Conservation

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The conservation area has eighteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[5]

  1. Northern crested newt
  2. European bullhead
  3. Cottus perifretum
  4. Brook lamprey
  5. White-clawed crayfish
  6. Marsh fritillary
  7. Jersey tiger
  8. European stag beetle
  9. Eurasian otter

In addition the Natura 2000 site has 14 habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ecouves : le site Natura 2000 étendu". actu.fr. October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "Site d'Ecouves" (PDF). ministère de la transition écologique.
  3. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500100 - Sites d'Ecouves - Description".
  4. ^ "Du nouveau pour le site Natura 2000 d'Ecouves - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
  5. ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Risle, Guiel, Charentonne". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
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