Trun () is a
commune in the
Orne département and the region of
Normandy in north-western
France.
INSEE commune file
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Geography
Administration
Population
Economy
* Heller SA
Heller Hobby GmbH is a French manufacturing company established in 1957 in Paris. Currently headquartered in Radevormwald, Germany, Heller produces plastic scale model kits of cars, aircraft, ships, and military vehicles.
History
Heller was f ...
, manufacturer of plastic scale model
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kits.
* Electrical
Ruins and monuments
Aerial photography has revealed the trace of a Gallo-Roman habitat. In the 19th century a Merovingian dynasty necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
was discovered.
Personalities associated with Trun
* Pierre Crestey
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
1622–1703, religious follower of Saint Vincent de Paul.
Further reading
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Notes and references
See also
* Communes of the Orne department
External links
Official site of the Commune of Trun
(in French)
Trun from times past
(in French, but mostly images)
Communes of Orne
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