Maupertuis
Maupertuis or Maupertus means:
- Nouaillé-Maupertuis , a commune in the Vienne department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France
- Battle of Maupertuis , one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years War
- Maupertuis (Manche) , a commune in the Manche department of the Normandy region of France
- Maupertus-sur-Mer , a commune in the Manche department of Normandy in France
- Maupertuis (moon crater) , named after Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
- (3281) Maupertuis , an asteroid of the main belt
- the menhirs of Maupertus-sur-Mer
Maupertuis is a family name for the following people:
- Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759), French mathematician, geodesist and astronomer
See also:
- Malpertuis (French: Maupertuis )