Les_Tourailles

Les Tourailles

Les Tourailles

Part of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre in Normandy, France

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]

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Geography

  • Watercourses: The river Rouvre.

History

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

Administration

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Population

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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,[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

References

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