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Vaux-sur-Aure (, literally ''Vaux on Aure'') is a
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in the
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department in the
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in northwestern
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. The Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" eathwhich was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges at Argouges. Blason_d'Argouges_-_Château_de_Gratot.png, Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) Vaux-sur-Aure_Manoir_d'Argouges_02.JPG, Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.


Population


International relations

Vaux-sur-Aure has international relations with the city of
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, Japan, since 2005. It was a sister city of Sotome, now a subdivision of Nagasaki, since 1978.International Exchange Nagasaki
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See also

* Communes of the Calvados department


References

Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub