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Les Tourailles

Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W / 48.7667°N 0.4°W / 48.7667; -0.4
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Les Tourailles
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Les Tourailles is located in France
Les Tourailles
Les Tourailles
Les Tourailles is located in Normandy
Les Tourailles
Les Tourailles
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W / 48.7667°N 0.4°W / 48.7667; -0.4
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-de-l'Orne
CommuneAthis-Val-de-Rouvre
Area
1
2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
59
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61100
Elevation159–254 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.

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]

Geography

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  • Watercourses: The river Rouvre.

History

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  • Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance chapel, departure point for pilgrimages since the 9th century.

Administration

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List of Mayors
Start End Name Party
? March 2001 Paul Le Secq -
March 2001 2016 Odile Gauquelin Independent

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Tourailles, EHESS (in French).
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune des Tourailles (61489)". INSEE. 27 December 2014.
  6. ^ The main biographical article gives his year of birth as c. 1575, as does the French biographical article.