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[[Image:Notre dame sur leau domfront.JPG|right|300px|thumb|The [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] church Notre-Dame-sur-L'eau]] |
[[Image:Notre dame sur leau domfront.JPG|right|300px|thumb|The [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] church Notre-Dame-sur-L'eau]] |
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Beginning from the strategically-sited castle of Domfront, the |
Beginning from the strategically-sited castle of Domfront, the dispossessed count Henry, youngest son of [[William the Conqueror]], rallied support among local lords and eventually ruled the [[Anglo-Norman]] dominions as [[Henry I of England]].<ref>C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (Yale English Monarch) 2001:85ff, 90ff.</ref> |
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==Notable people== |
==Notable people== |
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Revision as of 03:34, 5 January 2011
Domfront | |
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Location of Domfront  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Domfront (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Domfrontais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Didier Leduc |
Area 1 | 35.54 km2 (13.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 3,976 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Domfrontais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61145 /61700 |
| Elevation | 117–256 m (384–840 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
| Website | www.domfront.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Domfront is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.[1]
Beginning from the strategically-sited castle of Domfront, the dispossessed count Henry, youngest son of William the Conqueror, rallied support among local lords and eventually ruled the Anglo-Norman dominions as Henry I of England.[2]
Notable people
- Claude Du Vall -notorious highwayman in England in the 17th century.
See also
References
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