Condé-sur-Noireau () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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in northwestern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of

Condé-en-Normandie Condé-en-Normandie () is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Condé-sur-Noireau (the seat), La Chapelle-Engerbold, Lénault, Prous ...

. It is situated on the River. In the fifteenth century, the town was occupied by the English, and belonged to Sir John Fastolf of

Caister Castle Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister, some north of the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk (). The castle had a 100 ft (33 m) high tower and was built between 1432 and ...

in Norfolk (1380-1459). It was from here that the Spanish

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François de Surienne François de Surienne ( – 8 April 1462) was a Spanish mercenary and engineer, a specialist in fortification and artillery, who was active in Normandy and Burgundy in the 15th century. He was lord of Pisy and of Châtel-Gérard as well as ''bail ...

launched an attack on Fougères in Brittany, which triggered the invasion of

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by Charles VII of France, and the end of the Hundred Years' War.

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The commune is twinned with: *

Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye a ...

, UK since 1978. *

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, Italy since 2000.

References

* Stephen Cooper, ''The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War'', (Pen & Sword, 2010) Former communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated places disestablished in 2016 {{Calvados-geo-stub

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