Sites d'Ecouves

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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]

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]

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

References

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