Everything about Perche totally explained
Perche is a former province of northern
France extending over the
départements of
Orne,
Eure,
Eure-et-Loir and
Sarthe.
Geography
Perche is bounded by
Normandy to the north and west,
Maine to the south-west,
Vendomois and
Dunois to the south,
Beauce to the east and
Thimerais to the north-east.
The greater part of the district is occupied by a semicircle of heights (from 650 to 1000 ft. in height) stretching from
Moulins-la-Marche on the northwest to
Montmirail on the south; within the basin formed thereby the shape of which is defined by the
Huisne, an affluent of the
Sarthe, lie the chief towns of
Mortagne-au-Perche,
Nogent-le-Rotrou and
Bellême.
Economy
Stock-raising and dairy-farming are flourishing in the Perche, which is famous for the production of a breed of large and powerful
horses, called
Percherons. Cider-apples and pears are grown throughout the dis
History
In the
Middle Ages, the Perche constituted a county of which
Corbon, Mortagne and Nogent-le-Rotrou were successively the capitals. Under the ancient regime it formed, together with Maine, a government of which Mortagne was the capital.
A Source of Emigrants
In the 17th century, a large number of immigrants to
New France came from Perche. Many were recuited in the 1630s and 1650s to work for the Church missonaries and the nobles who were establishing estates on the
St Lawrence River. While the total number of emigrants were few, Perche had a much higher rate of emigration to New France than most other regions of France. Nearly all French Canadians have some ancestors who came from the villages of Perche.
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