Vaux-sur-Aure (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ oʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Vaux on Aure) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Vaux-sur-Aure
Commune
A general view of Vaux-sur-Aure
Coat of arms
Location of Vaux-sur-Aure
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Coordinates: 49°18′11″N 0°42′03″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Bayeux
Intercommunality	Bayeux Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Demoulins[1]
Area 1	7.60 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	291
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14732 /14400
Elevation	19–58 m (62–190 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges at Argouges.^[3]

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  Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)
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  Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.

Vaux-sur-Aure has international relations with the city of Nagasaki, Japan, since 2005. It was a sister city of Sotome, now a subdivision of Nagasaki, since 1978.^[4]

• Communes of the Calvados department