Loisail

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jacques Langevin^[1]Area5.16 km² (1.99 sq mi)Population131 • Density25/km² (66/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation158–211 m (518–692 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loisail (French pronunciation: [lwazaj] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

• Carrière de Loisail is a Natura 2000 conservation site measuring 0.17 Hectares.^[3] The site is the leading bat hibernation site in Normandy in terms of numbers with 1,300 counted.^[4] The bats live in the former limestone quarries from the 19th centaury, which then became mushroom farms in 1955 up until 1980, when the area was abandoned.^[5] The site now hosts six varieties of bats, listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which are the Greater horseshoe bat, Lesser horseshoe bat, Western barbastelle, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and the Greater mouse-eared bat.^[6]

The Commune has three buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.^[7]

• Saint-Martin Church a sixteenth century church that was registered as a monument in 1905.^[8]
• Romanesque house a twelfth century house, registered as a Monument historique in 1974.^[9]
• Loisail Manor a sixteenth century Manor house, registered as a Monument historique in 1992.^[10]

• Communes of the Orne department