Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais explained

Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Caen
Canton:	Le Hom
Insee:	14458
Postal Code:	14220
Mayor:	Gérard Allain^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Coordinates:	49.0297°N -0.4275°W
Elevation M:	114
Elevation Min M:	15
Elevation Max M:	186
Area Km2:	6.75

Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais (in French pronounced as /le mutje ɑ̃ sɛ̃ɡlɛ/) is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[2]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Bagotière, L'Église, La Couture and Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais.^[3]

The River Orne plus three streams The Neumer, The Trois Cours, and La Grande Vallee are the four watercourses running through the commune.

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

Château de Villeray is an eighteenth century chateau which was listed as a monument in 2005.^[4]

Notable People

Jacques Le Roy Ladurie - (1902 – 1988) agriculturalist and politician is buried here.^[5]
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie - (1929 – 2023) French historian, was born here.^[6]
Roger Fauroux - (1926 - 2021) French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Industry and Regional Planning from 1988 to 1991 is buried here.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
Web site: Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais · 14220, France. Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais · 14220, France.
Web site: Château de Villeray aux Moutiers-en-Cinglais - PA14000056. monumentum.fr.
Web site: Jacques Le Roy Ladurie (1902-1988) - Find a Grave.... www.findagrave.com.
Web site: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, historian of the downtrodden, dies at 94. The Washington Post.
Web site: 2021 - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs. www.landrucimetieres.fr.