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Postcard NormandyPays d'Auge
An orchard in bloom, a half-timbered house and pie-red cows. All usually glued to a camembert lid. It's not far from the truth for the spring visitor when the apple blossoms open. It's also visible in the Pays d'Auge region.
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A Belle-Epoque water cityDomaine Bagnoles de l'Orne
At the very end of the 19th century, visitors toBagnoles de L'Orne might have said that it was a new City, as Thermal baths, casinos, villas and hotels sprang up from the woods, attracting the Gotha of Europe's royal courts. In this "Belle Epoque ", which came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of war in 14/18, sea baths and spas were the fashion of the wealthy. Bagnoles de l'Orne was built on the remains of Roman Thermal baths and a therapeutic hot spring. It is still the only spa in western France.
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The emblematic Orne horseStud Farm Country
Normandy is renowned for the quality of its pastures, which made its fortune in the past. Wasn't it one of the richest provinces in France? Normandy is a land of breeding, including horse breeding. Horses in all their forms: draught horses like the heavy Percheron, war horses, then leisure horses and racehorses, with gallopers on one side and trotters on the other.
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Domfront dominates the BocageDomfront medieval town
Domfront grew out of a fortress built by the lords of Belleme to protect their possessions. The fortress, then the town that grew up around it, attracted a great deal of interest and was the focus of fierce battles between the kings of France and England. In 1944, the lower part of the City was bombed to the ground.
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Three tourist routesSuisse Normande - Orne
There are no high mountains, just hills, the last buttresses of the Armorican massif, but nevertheless some real peaks, as at Roche d'Oëtre. Suisse Normande " is not for the faint-hearted. You'd be quick to bypass it by taking the main routes between the cities from Caen on the estuary freeway or the A88 via Falaise.
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UNESCO world heritage laceAlençon
On the borders of Normandy and Maine, Alençon is a small city steeped in history that has preserved its beautiful heritage. It lies on a plain surrounded by wooded hills. Three forests surround it: Ecouves, Perseigne and Multonne. Multonne is home to Mont des Avaloirs, the highest peak in western France (416 m). Alençon is now the prefecture of the Orne département, but its suburbs are already in the Sarthe, and the Mayenne is just 15 kilometers away.
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La Poche de Falaise ChamboisChambois
in Normandy, 1944 brings back memories of one of the greatest battles of the 20th century. On June 6, Allied troops landed on Normandy's beaches and from the air behind the coastline, deceiving German forces who had expected to land much further north.
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A Regional Nature ParkLe Perche
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A plateau countryThe Pays d'Ouche
Straddling the Orne and Eure departments, in the heart of Normandy, lies the Pays d'Ouche, so dear to the author Jean de la Varende 's heart. This land is reputed to be quite rugged, but above all it's very discreet. The Pays d'Ouche has to be earned. You have to tame it and take the time to appreciate it. It's a plateau country, with very little relief, partly covered by forests and irrigated by a rich hydrographic network.
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An artist's villageSaint Ceneri and the Alpes Mancelles
The Saint Céneri le Gérei site knows no administrative boundaries. We're on the borders of three départements and two regions. The promontory on which the town hall and, a little further down, the church are perched, is in theOrne department. On one side, crossing the river Sarthe, we're at Moulin Le Carbonnel in the Sarthe département , and on the other, crossing the Sarthon stream , we're in the Mayenne département.
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