Ticheville

Ticheville
Commune
The church in Ticheville
Location of Ticheville
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Coordinates: 48°54′33″N0°15′55″E / 48.9092°N 0.2653°E / 48.9092; 0.2653
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Vimoutiers
Intercommunality	Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maxwell Keller
Area ^1	9.93 km^2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]	200
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61485 /61120
Elevation	128–235 m (420–771 ft) (avg. 154 m or 505 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ticheville (French pronunciation:[tiʃvil]) is a commune in the Ornedepartment in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Bocage and Ticheville.^[2]

The commune along with another 11 communes shares part of a 1,400 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute Vallée de la Touques et affluents.^[3]

The commune has the Touques flowing through its borders, plus four other streams, La Roulandiere, The Pres Garreaux, The Tanneries and The Valame.

Climate

Ticheville benefits from an oceanic climate with mild winters and temperate summers.^[4]

Climate data for Ticheville (1997–2020 normals, extremes 1997–2024)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	15.9(60.6)	20.9(69.6)	23.8(74.8)	27.2(81.0)	28.4(83.1)	34.9(94.8)	39.1(102.4)	37.5(99.5)	32.3(90.1)	27.8(82.0)	23.2(73.8)	15.7(60.3)	39.1(102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.7(44.1)	7.7(45.9)	10.8(51.4)	14.4(57.9)	17.7(63.9)	20.9(69.6)	22.9(73.2)	22.9(73.2)	20.1(68.2)	15.3(59.5)	10.5(50.9)	7.6(45.7)	14.8(58.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.3(39.7)	4.7(40.5)	7(45)	9.8(49.6)	13(55)	16.1(61.0)	17.8(64.0)	17.9(64.2)	15.4(59.7)	11.9(53.4)	7.7(45.9)	5(41)	10.9(51.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.9(35.4)	1.8(35.2)	3.3(37.9)	5.3(41.5)	8.3(46.9)	11.2(52.2)	12.7(54.9)	12.9(55.2)	10.7(51.3)	8.4(47.1)	5(41)	2.5(36.5)	7(45)
Record low °C (°F)	−12(10)	−11.4(11.5)	−9.3(15.3)	−3.7(25.3)	−0.8(30.6)	3.3(37.9)	5.8(42.4)	5.5(41.9)	1.9(35.4)	−3.3(26.1)	−7(19)	−9.6(14.7)	−12(10)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	72.7(2.86)	60.3(2.37)	61.5(2.42)	63.6(2.50)	68.4(2.69)	60(2.4)	57(2.2)	64.2(2.53)	62.1(2.44)	82.8(3.26)	80.1(3.15)	93.4(3.68)	826.1(32.52)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	14.4	11.8	11.5	11	10.2	9.8	9.5	10.3	9.2	12.3	14.4	15.5	139.8
Source: Meteociel[5]

Places of interest

Ticheville is home to Haras du Mezeray, a Thoroughbredracehorse breeding farm founded by Paul de Moussac in 1962.^[6]

National heritage sites

Priory of Ticheville is a former 14th centuayy priory that was listed as a Monument historique in 1994.^[7]

• 
  Priory Chapelle
• 
  Saint-Pierre Church in Ticheville

Notable people

• Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799 – 1879), a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician was born here.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
2. "Ticheville · 61120, France". Ticheville · 61120, France.
3. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500103 - Haute Vallée de la Touques et affluents - Description".
4. https://www.mindat.org/feature-6439324.html
5. https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=61485002
6. "Haras du Mézeray. Le Kazakh Nurlan Bizakov rachète l'entreprise familiale de Ticheville". actu.fr. 17 March 2021.
7. "Prieuré à Ticheville - PA00132769". monumentum.fr.
8. "CTHS - DECHAUFFOUR DE BOISDUVAL Jean-Baptiste Alphonse". cths.fr.