Bretteville-sur-Laize
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Bretteville-sur-Laize (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-World War II construction.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Jacob Mesnil, Quilly, Le Beffeux, Les Écluses, L'Abbaye and Bretteville-sur-Laize.[2]
The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents.[3]
The River Laize a tributary to the Orne flows through the commune.[4] In addition two streams also flow through the commune the Ruisseau de Corneville and the Ruisseau du Val Clair.[5][6]
Population
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Points of Interest
National Heritage sites
The Commune has three buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[7]
- Eglise Notre-Dame de Quilly an eleventh century church listed as a monument in 1921.[8]
- Ancien manoir de Quilly a former manor house from the sixteenth centaury listed as a monument in 1922.[9]
- Former Notre-Dame de Barbery Abbey founded in 1176 by Robert Marmion that was classed as a Monument historique in 2005.[10] The abbey grounds are shared with the neighbouring commune of Barbery.[11]
Notable people
- Xavier Deluc - (Born 1958) is an Actor, director and scriptwriter who was raised within this commune.[12]
International relations
Bretteville-sur-Laize is twinned with:
- Template:Flagicon Maßbach, Germany (since 1989)[13]
- Template:Flagicon Chagford, England (since 1975, but twinning activity lapsed in the 1990s)[14]
See also
References
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