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Falaise
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commune in Ardennes, France
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Ardennes
- Arrondissement
- Vouziers
- Canton
- Attigny
- Intercommunality
- Argonne Ardennaise
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jacques Lantenois
- Area
- 9.52 km (3.68 sq mi)
- Density
- 36.3/km (94.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 08164 /08400
- Elevation
- 120 m (390 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Guibray-la-Montagne
- Population
- 346
- Area
- 9.52
- Elevation
- 133
- Image
- Falaise-FR-08-mairie-01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Falaise (Ardennes)
- postal code
- 08400
- male population
- 158
- female population
- 173
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-24-71-60-10
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Travel guide
Understand
In August 1944, two German armies were encircled in the area west of Falaise and mostly destroyed by the Allies, though they fought hard to escape via the Falaise gap to the east. Some 10,000 German troops were killed and 50,000 taken prisoner. Two-thirds of Falaise was destroyed by Allied bombing before the town was eventually taken by Canadian and Polish troops. Falaise was largely restored after the war.
Go next
Having visited Falaise, you might like an excursion to other places that were important in the life of William the Conqueror. Caen and Bayeux lie less than 1 h to the north of the city.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Falaise ( French pronunciation: [falɛz] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
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