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Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge

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Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge
Map showing the location of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge
Map showing the location of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge
Location within France
LocationOrne, Normandy
Coordinates48°44′02″N 0°17′49″E / 48.73389°N 0.29694°E / 48.73389; 0.29694
Area21,511 ha (83.05 sq mi)
Established12 December, 2008

Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge translated as the Bocages and orchards of the southern Pays d'Auge is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 21,511 hectares in size.[1]

Geography

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The area is a well-preserved wooded landscape that features dense hedges which shelter old trees whose pollarding has allowed cavities to appear in these trees, suitable for certain types of insects.[2] The area is mostly agricultural with 5 % being scrubland and the remaining 5% being forested.[1]

It is spread across 30 different communes all within the Orne department;[1]


Conservation

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The conservation area has three species of insect listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description".
  2. ^ Normandie, Chambres d'agriculture de (June 11, 2024). "Natura 2000". normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
  3. ^ "portant désignation du site Natura 2000 Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge". ministere de l'ecologie du developpement durable d'energie.
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