Les Tourailles
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Location within Lower Normandy region  Les Tourailles | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W / 48.7667°N 0.4°WCoordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W / 48.7667°N 0.4°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Argentan |
| Canton | Athis-de-l'Orne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bocage d'Athis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Odile Gauquelin |
| Area1 | 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 76 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61489 / 61100 |
| Elevation |
159–254 m (522–833 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Les Tourailles is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Basse-Normandie in north-western France.
Geography
- Watercourses: The river Rouvre.
History
- Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance chapel, departure point for pilgrimages since the 9th century.
Administration
| Start | End | Name | Party | Profession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | March 2001 | Paul Le Secq | - | - |
| March 2001 | current | Odile Gauquelin | Independent | - |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 102 | 84 | 74 | 96 | 102 | 67 | 76 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Sites and monuments
- Basilica of the Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance chapel, completed in 1939.
- 16th-century castle keep, a good ensemble with two pavilions.
- Bridge of Tourailles, the remains of a Roman bridge.
- Pilgrimages on 8 September and 31 May.
People associated with Les Tourailles
- Antoine de Montchrestien (born Falaise, Calvados 1570,[2] died Les Tourailles 1621). Poet and author. Known by the name of 'Vatteville'. He tried to revive the religious wars of the sixteenth century but was killed when making a traveller's stop in Les Tourailles.
See also
References
- ↑ Les Tourailles on the INSEE site (in English, tables in French)
- ↑ The main biographical article gives his year of birth as c. 1575, as does the French biographical article.
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