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*[[Claude Du Vall]] -notorious highwayman in England in the 17th century.
*[[Claude Du Vall]] -notorious highwayman in England in the 17th century.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Château de Domfront]]
*[[Communes of the Orne department]]
*[[Communes of the Orne department]]



Revision as of 11:46, 31 March 2011

Domfront
Location of Domfront
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementAlençon
CantonDomfront (chef-lieu)
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Domfrontais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Didier Leduc
Area
1
35.54 km2 (13.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
3,976
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
DemonymDomfrontais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61145 /61700
Elevation117–256 m (384–840 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
Websitewww.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]

The Romanesque church Notre-Dame-sur-L'eau

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

See also

References

  1. ^ *INSEE
  2. ^ C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (Yale English Monarch) 2001:85ff, 90ff.