Les Tourailles

Les Tourailles 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]

Les Tourailles
Location of Les Tourailles
Les Tourailles
Les Tourailles
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-de-l'Orne
CommuneAthis-Val-de-Rouvre
Area
1
2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
59
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61100
Elevation159–254 m (522–833 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 Profession
?March 2001Paul Le Secq--
March 2001currentOdile GauquelinIndependent-

Population

Historical population of Les Tourailles
(Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1])
Year19621968197519821990199920062017
Population102847496102677659

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

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2015 (in French)
  3. Données Cassini, EHESS
  4. The main biographical article gives his year of birth as c. 1575, as does the French biographical article.



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