Coordinates: 48°53′34″N 0°11′31″W / 48.8927777778, -0.191944444444

Commune of Falaise
Château Guillaume-Le-Conquérant, Falaise
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Basse-Normandie
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons Falaise-Nord Falaise-Sud
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Mayor	Eric Macé
Statistics
Elevation	89 m–188 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The French department of Calvados forms part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Caen is an arrondissement of France located in the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 132 m)
Land area¹	11. 84 km²
Population² (1999)	8434
- Density	712/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	14258/ 14700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E

Falaise is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region in Normandy, northwestern France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The French department of Calvados forms part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Population (1982) 8,820; (1990) 8,387; (1999) 8,797.

Geography

Falaise lies on the Ante River, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) southeast of Caen. Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the

History

The town was the birthplace of William I the Conqueror, first of the Norman kings of England. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The castle (12th-13th century), which overlooks the town from a high crag, was formerly the seat of the dukes of Normandy. The Château de Falaise is a Castle located in the south of the commune of Falaise ("cliff" in French in the Calvados Duke of Normandy is a Title held or claimed by various Norman, French, English and British rulers from the 10th century until the

The town is known for the battle of the "Falaise pocket" during the Allied reconquest of France in August 1944 in which two German armies were encircled and destroyed by the British 2nd Army. During August 1944 the Falaise pocket was the area between the four towns of Trun, Argentan, Vimoutiers and Chambois near Falaise Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Some 10,000 German troops were killed and 50,000 taken prisoner. Two-thirds of Falaise was destroyed by Allied bombing before the town was taken by Canadian and Polish troops. Falaise was largely restored after the war.

Activities

Exhibits at the Museum of the Battle of the Falaise Pocket include several military vehicles, pieces of artillery, and other weapons. The weekly market takes place on Saturdays.

External links

• Castle William-the-Conqueror in Falaise, France. (Official website in English)
• Normandieweb on Falaise (in French)