Tinchebray

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Tinchebray
Coordinates: 48°45′49″N0°43′59″W / 48.7636°N 0.7331°W / 48.7636; -0.7331 Coordinates: 48°45′49″N0°43′59″W / 48.7636°N 0.7331°W / 48.7636; -0.7331
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Argentan
Canton Domfront
Commune Tinchebray-Bocage
Area
1
26.52 km2 (10.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2019) [1]
2,580
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym Tinchebrayens
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
61800
Elevation152–311 m (499–1,020 ft)
Website www.tinchebray.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tinchebray (French pronunciation:  [tɛ̃ʃ(ə)bʁɛ] ( Loudspeaker.svg listen )) is a former commune in the Orne department in the Lower Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2015, Tinchebray and six other communes merged becoming one commune called Tinchebray-Bocage.

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History

It was the scene of the Battle of Tinchebray fought on 28 September 1106.

During the Second World War, it was liberated by Allied forces on 15th August 1944. [2]

Heraldry

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Arms of Tinchebray
The arms of Tinchebray are blazoned  :
Gules, a key between 2 pairs of shuttles each pair in saltire argent, on a chief gules a lion passant between 2 fleurs de lys Or.



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