Argentan is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Population: 18,230
Latitude: 48° 45' 0.00" N
Longitude: 0° 01' 0.01" E
The Falaise Pocket or Battle of the Falaise Pocket (12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. A pocket was formed around Falaise, Calvados in which the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army an…
Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge (elevation 262 metres (860 ft)), is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Normandy Campaign during the Second World…
The Château de Falaise is a castle located in the south of the commune of Falaise ("cliff" in French) in the Calvados département of Calvados, in the region of Normandy, France.
Operation Tractable was the final offensive conducted by Canadian and Polish Army troops, supported by one brigade of British tanks, as part of the Battle of Normandy. The goal of this operation was to capture the strategically important French town…
La Trappe Abbey or La Grande Trappe is a monastery in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France, and the house of origin of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), Reformed Cistercians or Trap…
L'Aigle is a L6 meteorite fallen in 1803 in Lower Normandy, France.
The Château de Domfront is a ruined castle in the town of Domfront, in the Orne département of France.
Norman Switzerland (French: Suisse Normande) is a part of Normandy, France, in the border region of the departments Calvados and Orne. Its name comes from its rugged and verdant relief resembling the Swiss Alps, with gorges carved by the river Orne …
Sées Cathedral Basilica (Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Sées) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, in Sées (formerly also Séez) in Normandy.
The Abbey of Saint-Evroul or Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche (Saint-Evroult-sur-Ouche, Saint-Evroul-en-Ouche, Saint-Evroult-en-Ouche, Abbaye de Saint-Evroult, Sanctus Ebrulphus Uticensis ) is a former Benedictine abbey in Normandy, located in the present com…
The Forêt d'Écouves (eng.
The Château de Courcy is a ruined castle in the commune of Courcy in the south of the Calvados département of France.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez, (Lat: Dioecesis Sagiensis) is a diocese, of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Originally established in the 3rd century, the diocese encompasses the department of Orne, in the Region of Basse-…
Gare de Flers is a railway station serving the town Flers, Orne department, northwestern France.
Saint-Lambert Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Lambert in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.
The Rouvre is a river in Lower Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the Orne.
The Rock of Oëtre (French: Roche d'Oëtre) is situated in the middle of Norman Switzerland, in the commune of Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne, not far from the border between the départements of Calvados and Orne, and almost equidistant from Thury-Harcourt a…
Pertheville-Ners is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.