Alpes Mancelles

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Alpes Mancelles is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 1,190 hectares in size. [1]

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Geography

The area has numerous rock outcrops, cliffs and Scree while the bottom of the valley has Riparian forests and wet meadows. [2]

It is spread across 5 different communes all within three departments the Orne, Sarthe and Mayenne; [1]

  1. Gesvres
  2. Moulins-le-Carbonnel
  3. Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
  4. Saint-Léonard-des-Bois
  5. Saint-Pierre-des-Nids

This protected site is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park. [3]

Conservation

The conservation area has seven species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive; [4]

  1. European bullhead
  2. Cottus perifretum
  3. Brook lamprey
  4. European bitterling
  5. White-clawed crayfish
  6. European stag beetle
  7. Orange-spotted emerald


In addition the Natura 2000 site has twenty habitats protected under the Habitats Directive. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR5200646 - Alpes Mancelles - Description".
  2. ↑ "Site Natura 2000 «Alpes Mancelles»" (PDF). CRPF Pays de la Loire.
  3. ↑ "Natura 2000 - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
  4. 1 2 "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Alpes Mancelles". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
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