Croisilles () is a commune in the

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department in the

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in northwestern

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. The mother of explorer

Dumont D'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name ...

was born in Croisilles. He named an inlet of New Zealand's coast

Croisilles Harbour Croisilles Harbour (formerly spelt Croixelles Harbour) is a natural inlet north of Nelson at the westernmost edge of the Marlborough Sounds on the northern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It has two major arms, Ōkiwi Bay and Squally Cove. T ...

after the village.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Breuil, L'Église, La Vallée and Croisilles. The

River Orne The Orne () is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It is long. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre. Geo ...

plus five streams The Traspy, The Aunay Douffieres, The Trois Cours, The Neumer and the Pont de Combray are the main watercourses running through the commune.

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

*Saint-Martin Church is a thirteenth century church which was listed as a

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in 1933.

References

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

Geography

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

See also

References