Glanville () is a commune in the

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department in the

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in northwestern

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. Its postal code is 14950. The name comes from ''Glandevilla'', written in Latin in a document in 1079. Male Germanic name ''Glando'' and old French ''

ville ''Ville'' is a French word meaning "city" or "town", but its meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" (from Gallo-Romance VILLA < Latin '' villa rustica'') ...

'' "farm". The de Glanville family was from this village.

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The '' Villa Sayer'' (1975) is the only house built by the great architect

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in France.

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

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