Vimoutiers

French commune|nomcommune=Vimoutiers
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Orne
arrondissement=Argentan
canton=Vimoutiers
insee=61508
cp=61120
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=0.198611111111
latitude=48.9283333333
alt moy=134 m
alt mini=92 m
alt maxi=236 m
hectares=1,615
km²=16.15
sans=4,418
date-sans=1999
dens=273
date-dens=1999

Vimoutiers is a town and commune in the Orne "département", in Normandy, northwestern France.

History

On June 14 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, Vimoutiers was bombarded by Allied forces. The village was destroyed and 220 people died.

Miscellaneous

Vimoutiers was the birthplace of Joseph Laniel (1889-1975), politician of the Fourth Republic.

The finishing line of the Paris-Camembert cycle race is Vimoutiers.

Vimoutiers is twinned with Fordingbridge in England.

ee also

* Falaise pocket

External links

* [http://vimoutiers.net/Home.htm Pictures of Vimoutiers before June 1944] (with a link to Charlotte Corday).