Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge

Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge
Location within France
Location	Orne, Normandy
Coordinates	48°44′02″N 0°17′49″E / 48.73389°N 0.29694°E / 48.73389; 0.29694
Area	21,511 ha (83.05 sq mi)
Established	12 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]

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]

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

• Protected Area Profile for Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge Archived September 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved September 10, 2024.