Lisieux

Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.

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Lisieux is a town in Normandy, northwestern France, that serves as the main city of the Pays d'Auge region, an area known for its rolling valleys and farmland divided by hedges. It is located in the Calvados department and functions as an important local center for this distinctive agricultural area.

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Place details

Locality: Lisieux
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 24,473
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Lisieux
French commune.commune status: Subprefecture and commune
French commune.image: Lisieux-mairie.jpg
French commune.caption: Town hall
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason Lisieux.svg
French commune.arrondissement: Lisieux
French commune.canton: Lisieux
French commune.INSEE: 14366
French commune.postal code: 14100
French commune.mayor: Sébastien Leclerc
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: CA Lisieux Normandie
French commune.elevation min m: 32
French commune.elevation max m: 152
French commune.area km2: 13.07
French commune.population_demonym: Lexoviens

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Lisieux
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Lisieux
Population: 19755
Area: 13.07
Elevation: 89
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: canton of Lisieux
Shares border with: Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue
Official website: www.ville-lisieux.fr
Image: Lisieux-Cathedrale.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Mogliano Veneto
Commons category: Lisieux
postal code: 14100
category for people born here: Category:Births in Lisieux
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lisieux
topic's main category: Category:Lisieux
Commons gallery: Lisieux
category of associated people: Category:People from Lisieux
associated electoral district: canton of Lisieux
male population: 9003
female population: 11315
P8168: Bill Kelliher
email address: mailto:[email protected]
contact page URL: www.ville-lisieux.fr/fr/EqM-Contacter-la-Mairie.html
phone number: +33-2-31-48-40-40
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Travel guide

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By train on the Paris-Cherbourg and Paris-Trouville/Deauville main lines.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Name
History
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Events
Geography
Climate
Transport
Religion
Administration
Mayors of Lisieux
International relations
Population
Sights
Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux
Carmel of Lisieux
Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Lisieux Cathedral
Town Hall
Bishop's Garden
Notable people
Photo gallery
See also
References
External links

Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.

==Name== The name of the town derives from the ("Noviomagus of the Lexovii"). The town was originally known in Celtic as ("New Field", "New Market"), which was Latinized as . Owing to the large number of similarly named cities, however, it was necessary to specify where this one was located. The local French demonym derives from the Latin as well.

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