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Commune of Lisieux Town hall
Location
Lisieux (France)
Lisieux
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Seat of 3 cantons
Intercommunality Lisieux Pays d'Auge
Mayor Bernard Aubril
Statistics
Land area¹ 13. 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 Lisieux is an arrondissement of France located in the Calvados department, in the Basse-Normandie region 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 07 km²
Population²
(1999)		 23,166
 - Density 1,772. 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 5/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 14366/ 14100
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. 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
France
Street in Lisieux by Henry Edridge
Street in Lisieux by Henry Edridge

Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Henry Edridge ARA ( 1768 Paddington - 23 April 1821 London) was the son of a tradesman and apprenticed at the age of fifteen The following is a list of the 706 communes of the Calvados département in France. 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, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

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Geography

Lisieux lies in the bottom of the valley of the river Touques and on the road from Paris to Caen (RN13). The Touques is a small 104 km long coastal River in Pays d'Auge in Normandy, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the The N13 is a trunk road ( nationale) in France between Paris and Cherbourg.

Administration

Lisieux amalgamated with the commune of Saint Jacques in 1960. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The old INSEE code for the old commune was 14594.

The Communauté de communes Lisieux Pays d'Auge includes 24 communes and has a population of 36,085 inhabitants (as of 2004). The Communauté de communes Lisieux Pays d'Auge is a Communauté de communes loctaed in the Calvados département and the et la

The city is chief town of three cantons. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. They cover 30 communes and have a total population of 37,792 inhabitants:

Demography

Lisieux has a population of 24,080 inhabitants (1999). The population without double-counts is 23,166 (1999). The metropolitan area has a population of 45,065.

History

The area now known as Lisieux was inhabited by the Gallic tribe known as the Levixiiduring Gallo-Roman times. This explains why inhabitants are known as Lexoviens today. The commune was known as Noviomagus or Noviomagus Lexoviorum by the Romans.

Ecclesiastical history

The first known Bishop of Lisieux was Theodibandes, mentioned in connection with a council held in 538. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The bishop of Lisieux was the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisieux. The most celebrated among his successors were Freculfus (d. 850), a pupil of the palace school founded by Charlemagne, and author of a universal history; Arnoul (1141-81), statesman and writer; Nicole Oresme (1378-82), philosopher, mathematician, and tutor to Charles V of France; Pierre Cauchon (1432-42), concerned in the condemnation of Joan of Arc; Thomas Basin (1447-74), the historian of Charles VII, and one of the promoters of the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc; Guillaume du Vair (1618-21), the well-known philosopher who left the bench for the Church. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Arnulf (variants include Arnold Arnoul Arnoulf) may refer to Arnulf of Metz, saint (582 - 640 Arnulf of Eynesbury, saint Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme (c Charles V ( 21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380) called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member Pierre Cauchon (b 1371 in Rheims, d December 1442 in Rouen) Bishop of Beauvais. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Thomas Basin (1412 &ndash 1491 was a French Bishop of Lisieux and historian Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461 called the Victorious (le Victorieux or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi was King of France from 1422 Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Guillaume du Vair ( March 7, 1556 - August 3, 1621) was a French Author and Lawyer.

The see of Lisieux maintained the Collège de Lisieux at Paris for poor students of the diocese.

In the Concordat of 1801, the ancient diocese of Lisieux was united to the neighbouring bishopric of Bayeux. The Concordat of 1801 is a reflection of an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority A pontifical Brief, in 1854, authorized the Bishop of Bayeux to call himself Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux. The Papal Brief is a formal document emanating from the Pope, in a somewhat simpler and more modern form than a Papal Bull.

Religion

Lisieux Cathedral
Lisieux Cathedral
Basilique de Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
Basilique de Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux

Catholic devotion to Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, who lived in the Carmel de Lisieux, makes it the most significant pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes. Lisieux Cathedral ( Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France, in Lisieux. In Religion and Spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or Search of great Moral significance Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean

Sites of interest

Transport

Lisieux-Gare Principale is on the railway line from Gare Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg, it is served by regular. Gare Principale is the main station for the town of Lisieux and was built by CF de l'Ouest in 1855. Intercity and regional rail services to both Paris, Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. There are two stations in Lisieux, the second station Lisieux-Grands Jardins, is only served by regional services to and from Trouville-Deauville. Gare du Grand-Jardin is the second station of Lisieux. The station is only used by local services on the line from Lisieux to Trouville-Deauville. Trouville-sur-Mer, commonly referred to as Trouville, is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region For the motorcycle of the same name see Honda Deauville. Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département

See also

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