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Église

Champsecret, Orne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. P 77) : inscription par arrêté du 29 août 1984
Protection dates
1984/08/29 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1682
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Champsecret
Département
Orne
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.60898, -0.55074
Mérimée reference
PA00110770

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A new and correct draught of the CHANNELL between ENGLAND and FRANCE" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église fut construite en 1682 par Louis Berruyer, contrôleur des Tailles sous Louis XIV. L'édifice comprend un clocher porche, une nef simple, un transept saillant dont les bras comportent chacun deux chapelles et un choeur simple terminé par une abside octogonale.

English translation

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The church was constructed in 1682 by Louis Berruyer, controller of the Tailles under Louis XIV. The building comprises a porch tower, a simple nave, a projecting transept whose arms each contain two chapels and a simple choir terminated by an octagonal apse.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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