Fontaine-Étoupefour
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Expand French Template:Infobox French commune Fontaine-Étoupefour ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Salles, Les Daims and Fontaine-Étoupefour.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The river the Odon is the only watercourse running through the commune.<ref>Template:Sandre</ref>
Population
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Points of interest
- Hill 112 Memorial site - is built in recognition of the 10,000 men who lost their lives in the 10 week battle for this strategically important hill as part of Operation Epsom and Operation Jupiter (1944).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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National Heritage Sites
The commune has two sites listed as a Monument historique.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Eglise Saint-Pierre a twelfth centaury church listed as monuments in 1927.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Château a fifteenth centaury chateau listed as a monument in 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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