The national forest of Saint-Sever is a Forêt south-west of the Calvados, in the Bocage virois.

Geography

On a surface of 1555 ha, the national forest extends on all the south from the territory from the commune of Saint-Sever-Apple-brandy, on the southernmost heights of the Bocage virois, country of the Armorican Massif. The basement is composed in north of Schiste S briovériens, the south being located on the granitic solid mass of Transfers-Carolles. It culminates with 340 meters with the Hillock of Mesnil. The His and the Brévogne (affluent of the Transfers) there take their source.

History

Located on the Roman way of Avranches at Old and property of the lord of Saint-Sever and king of Bessin at the 5th century, of the Viscounts of Avranches which had built there the Vieux Castle (Motte castrale) at the 11th century, the forest was confiscated and allotted to the family Of Glazed at the beginning of the 13th century by Philippe Auguste. By repurchasing it one century later, Philippe Beautiful the inserts it in the royal field. It thus becomes Bien national with the revolution.

At the time of the Second world war, the forest was used for the German armed which established to with it an important ammunition dump (the Lager Michel ) with the neighborhoods of the vault of the Hermitage.

Cultivated gasolines

National forest, the forest of Saint-Sever is managed by ONF. Before the storm of December 26th, 1999, half of the pieces was planted coniferous tree. Replantings envisage a return to a majority of leafy trees represented by the Chêne reopens, the beech, and with a least degree the Châtaigner. The coniferous trees will be primarily pectinate fir trees and fir trees Douglas.

Fauna and flora

The forest lodges Chevreuil S, Sanglier S, Renard S and Blaireau X. The lake of the Gast, in southern limit of the forest, is a populated ornithological reserve, inter alia, migrants or sedentaries, of Colvert S, hens of water, will hérons ashy, reed buntings, foulques macroules, fuligules pochard and tufted duck, teals of winter, snipes of the marshes, etc

The flora present is that of the underwoods or edges on acid basements (granitic in the south): Digital Bilberry, , Fern eagle…

Tourism

Located in Basse-Normandie, not very forest area apart from the department of the Flowering ash, the forest is of tourist interest, in spite of its weak extent, for the scrap-metal virois. Many paths are arranged for the walkers, a Arboretum was created about 1975. The pond of the Old Castle is an appointment of Sundays bocains.

Particular places

• Mound castrale of the Old castle
• Vault of the Hermitage
• Pond of the Old Castle
• Arboretum of the High Winds
• Pond of Coulanges
• forest House of the Valley of His
• Pond of Gast (ornithological reserve)
• IME of the Clearing, old Sanatorium

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