Perche is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries, for the Percheron draft horse breed. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four
Nogent-le-Rotrou
…on the RN23 and 150 kilometres south west of Paris, to which it is linked by both rail and motorway. Nogent-le-Rotrou was the former capital of the Perche with the count living in the impressive medieval Château Saint-Jean which still dominates the town from a plateau of the same name. Its keep dates from…
Bellême, one of Perche's capitals
Town hall in Mortagne-au-Perche (2016)
Church of Notre-Dame des Marais in La Ferté-Bernard