Les Tourailles (French pronunciation: [le tuʁaj] (listen)) is a commune in the Orne département and the region of Normandy in north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre.[3]

Les Tourailles
Part of Athis-Val-de-Rouvre
Location of Les Tourailles
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Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 0°24′00″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-de-l'Orne
Commune	Athis-Val-de-Rouvre
Area 1	2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	59
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	61100
Elevation	159–254 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

Population

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

• Communes of the Orne department

References

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