Urville, Calvados

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Urville ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.

Iron mining was an important industry in the village until 1989.<ref name=fleurysien>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The village was at the head of a mineral railway linking the iron mines to the SMN steel mills.<ref name=fleurysien/>


Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Moinerie and Urville.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The River Laize a tributary to the Orne flows through the commune.<ref>Template:Sandre</ref>

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Population

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Points of Interest

Cimetière Polonais

Cimetière Militaire Polonais de Urville - Polish war cemetery paying tribute to the soldiers killed in the Battle of Hill 262 during World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

National Heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Eglise d'Urville seventeenth century church listed as a monument in 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Manor House a fourteenth century Manor house listed as a monument in 1929.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

References

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