Condé-sur-Noireau () is a former
commune in the
Calvados department in the
Normandy
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region
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in northwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of
Condé-en-Normandie. It is situated on the
Noireau River. In the fifteenth century, the town was occupied by the English, and belonged to Sir
John Fastolf of
Caister Castle in Norfolk (1380-1459). It was from here that the Spanish
mercenary
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François de Surienne launched an attack on
Fougères
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in Brittany, which triggered the invasion of
English Normandy by Charles VII of France, and the end of the Hundred Years' War.
The former commune is part of the area known as
Suisse Normande.
Population
International relations
The commune is
twinned with:
*
Ross-on-Wye, UK since 1978.
*
Poggio Rusco, Italy since 2000.
See also
*
Communes of the Calvados department
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The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities ...
References
* Stephen Cooper, ''The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War'', (Pen & Sword, 2010)
Former communes of Calvados (department)
Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2016
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