Geography of Orne

thumb|right|Bellême, one of Perche's capitals thumb|Location of Perche in France thumb|17th-century map of Grand Perche and Perche Gouet Perche () (French: le 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 ancient territories of northwestern France: the provinces of Maine, Normandy, and Orléanais, and the region of Beauce. Afterwards it was absorbed into the present-day departments of Orne and Eure-et-Loir, with small parts in the neighboring

region of Normandy France

forest in France

protected area in France