Vimoutiers
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Orne | |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche | |
| Canton | Vimoutiers (main town) | |
| Community association | Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 12' E | |
| height | 92-236 m | |
| surface | 16.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,332 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 206 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 61120 | |
| INSEE code | 61508 | |
| Website | http://www.vimoutiers.fr/ | |
 Benedictine convent in Vimoutiers |
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Vimoutiers is a French municipality with 3332 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Orne in the region of Normandy . It is located in the Pays d'Auge and is the capital of the canton of the same name and is located on the River Vie .
history
During the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) Vimoutiers was one of the places where the rebellious peasants gathered, who were called La Chapelle-Gauthier Gauthiers after their first meeting place . The uprising came to a bloody end in 1588. The insurgents in Vimoutiers themselves were not killed, but returned to their work after handing over their weapons.
During the Second World War , Vimoutiers was almost completely destroyed in the course of Operation Overlord on June 14, 1944 by an Allied bombardment, over two hundred people lost their lives. On August 22, 1944, the place was liberated by the invasion of Canadian troops. The reconstruction was largely completed by 1952.
Culture and sights
- In the neo-Gothic church there is an organ by the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll .
- In the place there is a Camembert Museum and a statue of Marie Harel, the alleged inventor of Camembert.
- The old Benedictine convent dates from the end of the 18th century and is a monument historique.
- The gardens of the Saint-Michel priory
Town twinning
- Sontra , Germany since 1971
- Fordingbridge , UK
- Châtelet , Belgium
Born in Vimoutiers
- Joseph Laniel (1889–1975), politician of the moderate right
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anatole Caresme, Charpillon: Dictionnaire historique de toutes les communes du département de l'Eure . E. Cagniard, Rouen 1868, p. 725 ( online [accessed August 17, 2011]).
- ^ Vimoutiers website: Histoire
- ↑ Monuments historiques