Vimoutiers is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Population: 3,964
Latitude: 48° 55' 39.79" N
Longitude: 0° 11' 54.06" 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…
The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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.
The Battle of Verrières Ridge was a series of engagements fought as part of the Battle of Normandy, in western France, during the Second World War. The main combatants were two Canadian infantry divisions—with additional support from the Canadian 2n…
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…
The Pays d'Auge (French pronunciation: [pɛ.i doʒ]) is an area in Normandy, straddling the départements of Calvados and Orne (plus a small part of the territory of Eure).
The Basilica of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (French: Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Located in Lisieux, France, the large basilica can accommodate 4,000 people, an…
L'Aigle is a L6 meteorite fallen in 1803 in Lower Normandy, France.
Percy-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
Lisieux Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, in Lisieux.
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a war cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.
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 Château de Vendeuvre (pronounced: [ʃɑto də vɑ̃dœvʁ]) is situated in the commune of Vendeuvre, near to Lisieux in Normandy. Classed as a Historic Monument both for its exterior and interior, Vendeuvre is a prototypical aristocratic Norman country…
The Château de Courcy is a ruined castle in the commune of Courcy in the south of the Calvados département of France.
Gare de Lisieux is the main train station for the town of Lisieux and was built by CF de l'Ouest in 1855. The station is built in a Y shape and is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway main line from Paris to Caen and Cherbourg. The st…
The Gare de Bernay is the train station for the town of Bernay, Eure and was built by CF de fer de Paris à Cherbourg in 1855. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway. The station was, like most stations on the line to Cherbourg, buil…
The Rouvre is a river in Lower Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the Orne.