Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents

Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents translated as the Upper Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 20,593 hectares in size.

[1] The site is managed by CPIE Collines normandes.

[2] The area is focused on the sources of the Orne and its main tributaries up to Putanges-Pont-Ecrepin, the area that is prone to flooding and has water all year round.

[1][3] It is spread across 70 different communes all within the Orne department;[1] Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and the area known as Suisse Normande.

[4][5] The conservation area has thirteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[6] In addition the Natura 2000 site has 19 habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.