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Falaise
Falaise is found inland in the Calvados department of Lower Normandy.
It is to William the Conqueror that Falaise owes its original fame - he was born in the castle in the town in 1027. the castle can still be visited but has been very much restored - little remains of the original castle.
The town itself bears little resemblance to how it did 70 years ago - it was the centre of the defining conflict in the Battle of Normandy in August 1944 and suffered enormous damage.
Indeed the most common reason for visitors to pass through Falaise is as they tour the sights of the WWII battlefields of Normandy. The so called 'Falaise-pocket' was the region where the allied forces attempted to the German Seventh Army and the Fifth Panzer Army.
Falaise: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites
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Places to visit - Falaise
Explore places within about 70 kilometres on a map at Visit Falaise.
Some of the closer places are listed below (distances from Falaise are approximate and direct - as the crow flies. Only places listed on the france this way site are shown!)
- Argentan town at 25 km
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