Tinchebray

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Tinchebray (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a former commune in the Orne department in the Lower Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2015, Tinchebray and six other communes merged becoming one commune called Tinchebray-Bocage.

History

It was the scene of the Battle of Tinchebray fought on 28 September 1106.[1]

During the Second World War, it was liberated by Allied forces on 15 August 1944.[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Tinchebray
Arms of Tinchebray
The arms of Tinchebray are blazoned :
Gules, a key between 2 pairs of shuttles each pair in saltire argent, on a chief Vert a lion passant between 2 fleurs de lys Or.



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