Les Tourailles Explained
| Les Tourailles |
| Arrondissement: | Argentan |
| Canton: | Athis-de-l'Orne |
| Insee: | 61489 |
| Postal Code: | 61100 |
| Commune: | Athis-Val-de-Rouvre |
| Coordinates: | 48.7667°N -0.4°W |
| Elevation M: | 190 |
| Elevation Min M: | 159 |
| Elevation Max M: | 254 |
| Area Km2: | 2.46 |
| Population: | 59 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Les Tourailles (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre.[2] The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
Geography
- Watercourses: The river Rouvre.
History
- Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance chapel, departure point for pilgrimages since the 9th century.
Administration
List of Mayors| Start | End | Name | Party |
|---|
| ? | March 2001 | Paul Le Secq | - |
| March 2001 | 2016 | Odile Gauquelin | Independent | |
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,[4] 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
Notes and References
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/16/INTB1531488A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
- Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
- The main biographical article gives his year of birth as c. 1575, as does the French biographical article.
