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Lisieux

Region	Lower Normandy
Departement	Calvados
Borough	13 townships 204 commons 140,504 inhabitants
Townships	Chief town of 3 townships (30 communes, 37,792 inhabitants
Inhabitants	Lexovians
Population(1999)	24,080 inhabitants
Population with double accounts(1999)	23,166 inhabitants
Metropolitan area	45,065
Agglomeration (2004)	Communauté de communes 36,085 inhabitants
Size	13.07 km²

Lisieux is a commune of the departement of Calvados, in the Lower Normandy region, in France. Its postal code is 14100. The INSEE code is 14366.

Administration

Lisieux amalgamated with the commune of Saint Jacob in 1960. The old INSEE code for the old commune was 14594.

The community of communes of Lisieux Pays d'Auge includes 24 communes: Beuvillers, La Boissière, Coquainvilliers, Courtonne la Meurdrac, Courtonne les Deux Églises, Glos, Hermival les Vaux, La Houblonnière, Lessard et le Chêne, Lisieux, Le Mesnil Eudes, Le Mesnil Guillaume, Le Mesnil Simon, Les Monceaux, Ouilly-le Vicomte, Le Pré d'Auge, Prêtreville, Rocques, Saint Désir, Saint Germain de Livet, Saint Jean de Livet, Saint Martin de la Lieue, Saint Martin de Mailloc and Saint Pierre des Ifs.

The city is chief town of three townships:

• The 1^st township consists of part of Lisieux and communes of Beuvillers, Cordebugle, Courtonne la Meurdrac, Fauguernon, Firfol, Fumichon, Glos, Hermival les Vaux, L'Hôtellerie, Marolles, Le Mesnil Guillaume, Moyaux, Ouilly du Houley, Ouilly le Vicomte, Le Pin and Rocques (12,011 inhabitants);

• The 2^nd) township consists of part of Lisieux and the commune of Saint Martin de la Lieue (13,362 inhabitants);

• The 3^rd township consists of part of Lisieux and communes of La Boissière, La Houblonnière, Lessard et -Chêne, Le Mesnil Eudes, Le Mesnil Simon, Les Monceaux, Le Pré d'Auge, Prêtreville, Saint Désir, Saint-Germain de Livet, Saint Jean de Livet and Saint Pierre des Ifs (12,419 inhabitants).

Religion

The cult of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, who lived in the Carmel de Lisieux, makes it the most significant pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes.

Monuments

• Saint-Pierre cathedral (Gothic)
• Sainte-Thérèse basilica
• Carmel

History

• 1906: The first takeoff of a helicopter, produced by Paul Cornu.
• June 6, 1944: Bombardment of Lisieux (more than 800 victims), the city is partially destroyed.
• August 23, 1944: Liberation by the allied troops

See also

Lisieux is also the name of an eminent school in Coimbatore, India.

External Links

• http://ville-lisieux.fr (in French)