Les Tourailles (French pronunciation: [le tuʁaj] ) is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Normandy in north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre.[3] The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]
Les Tourailles | |
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Part of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre | |
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W / 48.7667°N 0.4°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | Athis-de-l'Orne |
Commune | Athis-Val-de-Rouvre |
Area 1 | 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 59 |
• Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 61100 |
Elevation | 159–254 m (522–833 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geography
edit- Watercourses: The river Rouvre.
History
edit- Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance chapel, departure point for pilgrimages since the 9th century.
Administration
editStart | End | Name | Party |
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? | March 2001 | Paul Le Secq | - |
March 2001 | 2016 | Odile Gauquelin | Independent |
Population
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1962 | 102 | — |
1968 | 84 | −3.18% |
1975 | 74 | −1.79% |
1982 | 96 | +3.79% |
1990 | 102 | +0.76% |
1999 | 67 | −4.56% |
2007 | 75 | +1.42% |
2012 | 71 | −1.09% |
2019 | 59 | −2.61% |
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (2007-2019)[5][1] |
Sites and monuments
edit- 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
edit- Antoine de Montchrestien (born Falaise, Calvados 1570,[6] 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Tourailles, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
- ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune des Tourailles (61489)". INSEE. 27 December 2014.
- ^ The main biographical article gives his year of birth as c. 1575, as does the French biographical article.
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