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Exmes
Sign in to saveExmes () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Gouffern en Auge. It was the seat of the county of Hiémois (French: ''Comté d'Hiémois''), granted before his death in 1027 by Richard II, Duke of Normandy, to his younger son, Robert, who eventually succeeded as Duke of Normandy. In 1136, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gouffern en Auge
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 355
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Exmes
- French commune.arrondissement
- Argentan
- French commune.canton
- Argentan-2
- French commune.commune
- Gouffern en Auge
- French commune.INSEE
- 61157
- French commune.postal code
- 61310
- French commune.elevation m
- 317
- French commune.elevation min m
- 145
- French commune.elevation max m
- 268
- French commune.area km2
- 10.43
- French commune.population
- 268
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.population demonym
- Hiémois
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Exmes
- Population
- 273
- Area
- 10.43
- Elevation
- 204
- Image
- FranceNormandieExmesEglise.jpg
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- Commons category
- Exmes
- postal code
- 61310
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- P8168
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Exmes () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Gouffern en Auge. It was the seat of the county of Hiémois (French: ''Comté d'Hiémois''), granted before his death in 1027 by Richard II, Duke of Normandy, to his younger son, Robert, who eventually succeeded as Duke of Normandy. In 1136, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame.
Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich (c. 1095–1119), was born in Exmes as well was François Le Prévost d'Exmes (1729–1793), an 18th-century playwright.
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