Condé-en-Normandie explained

Condé-en-Normandie
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Vire
Canton:	Condé-en-Normandie
Insee:	14174
Postal Code:	14110, 14770
Mayor:	Valérie Desquesne^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Coordinates:	48.851°N -0.553°W
Area Km2:	62.98

Condé-en-Normandie (in French pronounced as /kɔ̃de ɑ̃ nɔʁmɑ̃di/) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Condé-sur-Noireau (the seat), La Chapelle-Engerbold, Lénault, Proussy, Saint-Germain-du-Crioult and Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille.^[2]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Mesnil, Lénault, Le Tremblay, Cresme, Rousseville, Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, Le Hamel Roger, Le Vieux Douet, La Chapelle-Engerbold, Le Hamel, Le Mont Hue, Proussy, Les Haies, Le Coudray, Le Hamel, Les Îles, Bouilly, Solier, Vaux, Condé-sur-Noireau, Le Bosq and L'Abbaye.^[4]

The Tortillon, la Druance plus The Noireau are the three rivers flowing through the commune. In addition the commune has five streams flowing through its borders, La Blare, The Cresme, The Vaux, The Hamelet and The Val Fournet.

Points of Interest

Museums

• Musée Charles Léandre - Based in Condé-sur-Noireau, museum dedicated to Charles Lucien Léandre and other Normandy based artists.^[5]
• Musée de l'Imprimerie Typographique - a museum dedicated to Typographic Printing based in Condé-sur-Noireau.^[6]

National heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique^[7]

• Galland-Duclos House an eighteenth century private house, that was classed as a Monument historique in 1996.^[8]
• House on Grand Rue - listed as a monument in 1929, it was destroyed in the second world war.^[9]

Notable People

• Jules Dumont d'Urville - (1790 – 1842) a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica, was born here.^[10]
• Henri Duret - (1849 - 1921) a French neurologist whose contributions to the knowledge of cerebral circulation and the physiology of the brainstem were important for the early years of brain surgery, was born here.^[11]
• Maximilien Vox - (1894–1974) a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography, was born here.^[12]
• Michèle Fabien - (1945  - 1999) a Belgian writer and playwright, is buried at Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille cemetery.^{[13] [14]}

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Condé-en-Normandie is twinned with:

• Ross-on-Wye, United Kingdom since 1980^[15]
• Elsenfeld, Germany since 2004^[16]

Former Twin Towns

• Poggio Rusco, Italy - from 1999 to 2021.^{[17] [18]}

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/1/INTB1600508A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
3. Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
4. Web site: Condé-en-Normandie · France. Condé-en-Normandie · France.
5. Web site: Condé-en-Normandie. Le musée Léandre prête ses œuvres. caen.maville.com.
6. Web site: Le musée de l’imprimerie typographique a rouvert à Condé-en-Normandie. 15 November 2021. Ouest-France.fr.
7. Web site: Les Monuments Historiques en Calvados - 14. monumentum.fr.
8. Web site: Maison dite Galland-Duclos à Condé-en-Normandie - PA14000001 - Monumentum. monumentum.fr.
9. Web site: Maison à Condé-en-Normandie - PA00111242 - Monumentum. monumentum.fr.
10. Web site: Condé-en-Normandie. Le contre-amiral Dumont d’Urville demeure un enfant du pays. Nathalie. LECORNU-BAERT. 19 March 2023. Ouest-France.fr.
11. Henry Duret (1849-1921): A Surgeon and Forgotten Neurologist. Olivier. Walusinski. Philippe. Courrivaud. 11 September 2014. European Neurology. 72. 3-4. 193–202. Silverchair. 10.1159/000361046.
12. Web site: Le long parcours pour avoir un timbre de Maximilien Vox. Mélanie. LELION. 18 October 2014. Ouest-France.fr.
13. Web site: Poster un commentaire - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs. www.landrucimetieres.fr.
14. Web site: Michèle Fabien - biographie. michelefabien.be.
15. Web site: HRH The Princess Royal visits Coleford to celebrate the town's twinning links. 16 May 2023. Visit Dean Wye.
16. Web site: Condé-en-Normandie. Jumelage avec Elsenfeld : les habitants invités aux 20 ans. caen.maville.com.
17. Web site: Une classe en moins, clocher de Saint-Sauveur... que faut-il attendre en 2023 à Condé-en-Normandie ?. 14 January 2023. actu.fr.
18. Web site: Le dernier conseil municipal de l’année étoffé à Condé-en-Normandie. 14 December 2021. Ouest-France.fr.