The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin,La Ferronnière, La Forêt-Auvray, Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne,Rabodanges,Les Rotours, Méguillaume, Chênedouit, Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne, La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage, Ménil-Jean and Fromentel.
The river Orne runs through the commune, along with five streams which are all one of the Orne's tributaries, Vienne, la Guesnerie, Gue Blandin, Monts Hiboux and Ruisseau des Vallees.[7] There is one more stream the Maufy which feeds into the Rouvre.[8]
Lac de Rabodanges is a 6 km artificial lake covering almost 240 acres, making it the largest lake in Lower Normandy.[10] It was created in 1960 after completion of building a dam at Rabodanges. The dam is 160 meters long and 17 metres high holding back 6 million cubic meters of water.[11] The lake is now a popular tourist destination and had a designated swimming area opened in August 2022.[12]
Rabodanges Lac
Lac de Rabodanges Swimming area
Pierre de la Roussellière is a Menhir in Forêt-Auvray.[13][14]
Manoir de la Cour is a 15th-century manor house in Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne with later additions added in the 17th century, classed as a Monument historique in 2011.[15]
Former village of Vieux-Saint-Aubert the remains of a village in Saint-Aubert-sur-Orne with buildings dated from the 12th and 14th century, that was registered as a Monument Historique in 1992.[16]
Château de Rabodanges is a 17th-century chateau built in place of a feudal castle destroyed in 1628 by order of Cardinal Richelieu. It is based in Rabodanges and in 1981 was classed as a Monument Historique [17]
Château of la Forêt-Auvray is a 16th-century Huguenots fort, which in 2002 was registered as a Monument Historique.[18]
Château du Meal is a 17th-century chateau in Chênedouit registered as a Monument historique in 1967.[19]
La Droite Pierre Menhir is a NeolithicMenhir based in Chênedouit was classed as a Monument Historique in 1981.[20]
Chateau du repas
Chapelle Saint-Malo de la Fresnaye-au-Sauvage
Rabodanges Chateau
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption des Rotours
Manoir de Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne
Putanges mairie
Chapelle Sainte-Geneviève de Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
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