Le Merlerault () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Merlerault-le-Pin.

Geography

The former Commune is within the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.

The former commune is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.

Points of interest

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.

Heraldry

Twin towns – sister cities

Le Merlerault is twinned with:

• Collingbourne Ducis, United Kingdom (since 1992)

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References