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Saint-André-de-Messei (, literally ''Saint-André of
Messei Messei () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercomm ...
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Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Refours, Les Monts, L'Être Gallet, Vircoq and Saint-André-de-Messei. It is in size. The highest point in the commune is . The sole watercourse that flows through the commune is the river Varenne.


Notable People

* René Bansard - (1904 - 1917) was a French archaeologist, who died here.


See also

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Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintandredemessei {{Orne-geo-stub