Troarn (French pronunciation: [tʁɔ.aʁn]) is a commune in the Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into...
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Durandus of Troarn was a French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer, b. about 1012, at Le Neubourg near Evreux; d. 1089, at Troarn near Caen). Affiliated...
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Caen which forms the northern border of the commune as it goes east to Troarn. The D227 comes from Sannerville in the north and goes south through the...
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Troarn Abbey or Abbey Saint-Martin de Troarn (French: Abbaye Saint-Martin de Troarn) was a Benedictine abbey in the French town of Troarn, now in the...
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population of 803 people as of 2017. Escoville is located 5 kilometers north of Troarn, 11 kilometers northeast of Caen, 14 kilometers south of Cabourg, and 35...
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near Troarn that had now increased in numbers after another fifty men had arrived. A reconnaissance party, and a party of sappers, was sent into Troarn to...
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The canton of Troarn is an administrative division of the Calvados department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...
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of Dozulé, Canton of Trouville Deauville, Canton of Honfleur, Canton of Troarn, Canton of Cambremer, Canton of Pont-l'Évêque, Canton of Blangy-le-Château...
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eastern flank by capturing the area around Émiéville, Touffréville and Troarn. The II Canadian Corps would simultaneously launch Operation Atlantic, a...
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communes of Troarn (the seat) and Sannerville. This merger was revoked by the administrative court, and on 31 December 2019 the former communes Troarn and Sannerville...
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d'Auge Les Monts d'Aunay Ouistreham Pont-l'Évêque Thue et Mue Trévières Troarn Vire Normandie Décret n° 2014-160 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation...
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of Normandy, opposing the Canadian offensive Operation Atlantic between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944. Two were lost in combat, while the company...
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was a supporter of the Perseigne Abbey and the Abbey of Saint-Martin of Troarn. He married Beatrix of Maine, daughter of Elias II, Count of Maine, and...
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towns: Orne: Trun Calvados: Morteaux-Coulibœuf, Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Troarn, Dives-sur-Mer, Cabourg The Dives is officially navigable up to the bridge...
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Somme 1940, Withdrawal to Seine, St. Valery-en-Caux, Odon, Cheux, Caen, Troarn, Mont Pincon, Quarry Hill, Falaise, Falaise Road, Dives Crossing, La Vie...
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Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher, official and poet (d. 1067) Durandus of Troarn, French theologian (approximate date) García Sánchez III, king of Pamplona...
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Country France Region Normandy Department Calvados Arrondissement Caen Canton Troarn Commune Valambray Area 1 6.78 km2 (2.62 sq mi) Population (2019) 405 • Density...
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Tourville-en-Auge Tourville-sur-Odon Tracy-Bocage Tracy-sur-Mer Tréprel Trévières Troarn Le Tronquay Trouville-sur-Mer Trungy Urville Ussy Vacognes-Neuilly Valambray...
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The Second World War: Dyle, Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Cambes, Caen, Troarn, Venlo Pocket, Rhine, Bremen, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45 Later wars:...
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monks founded before 1086; alien house: cell dependent on Troarn: manor granted to Troarn by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury after 1100(?); dissolved...
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(in French) "Calvados. 1er janvier 2020, Saline n'existe plus, rebonjour Troarn et Sannerville". Ouest-France (in French). 1 January 2020. Wikimedia Commons...
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Tourville-en-Auge Tourville-sur-Odon Tracy-Bocage Tracy-sur-Mer Tréprel Trévières Troarn Le Tronquay Trouville-sur-Mer Trungy Urville Ussy Vacognes-Neuilly Valambray...
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Tourville-en-Auge Tourville-sur-Odon Tracy-Bocage Tracy-sur-Mer Tréprel Trévières Troarn Le Tronquay Trouville-sur-Mer Trungy Urville Ussy Vacognes-Neuilly Valambray...
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Tourville-en-Auge Tourville-sur-Odon Tracy-Bocage Tracy-sur-Mer Tréprel Trévières Troarn Le Tronquay Trouville-sur-Mer Trungy Urville Ussy Vacognes-Neuilly Valambray...
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advance; one road running along the coast and another further inland from Troarn to Pont-Audemer. The division returned to England in early September, having...
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country through which the road ran to Troarn. Attacking by that route and from Sannerville, the 3rd Division found Troarn strongly defended and at nightfall...
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Croatia and Dalmatia Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, king of Dublin Durandus of Troarn, French monk and theologian Isaac ibn Ghiyyat, Jewish rabbi and philosopher...
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503 during the Battle of Normandy, opposing Operation Atlantic between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944; losses were two from combat, plus the company...
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Landing, Tilly sur Seulles, Odon, Fontenay Le Pesnil, Caen, Bourguebus Ridge, Troarn, Mont Pincon, St Pierre La Vielle, Gheel, Nederrijn, Aam, Venraij, Rhineland...
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brigade west of Troarn. Patrolling led to the liberation of St. Parr and 4th Special Service Brigade moved up to the Dives River and Troarn was liberated...
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