Monnai

Part of La Ferté-en-Ouche in Normandy, France

Location of Monnai

48°53′34″N 0°23′54″E / 48.8928°N 0.3983°E / 48.8928; 0.3983CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentOrneArrondissementMortagne-au-PercheCantonRaiCommuneLa Ferté-en-Ouche Area

15.52 km² (5.99 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

259 • Density17/km² (43/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

61470

Elevation191–262 m (627–860 ft)
(avg. 242 m or 794 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monnai (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Ferté-en-Ouche.^[2] It had a population of 222 as of 2004.

History

The village was founded as "Moenai" in 1100. Following the tradition, the chapel Notre-Dame-du-Vallet was built after the discovery of a statue; it was rebuilt in 16th century and again in 1862. The old village of Ternant, mentioned for the first time in 1100, was linked to Monnai.

In 2005, the "Carrefour des Cultures" 5-day international gathering occurred in Monnai.