Mortain

Mortain is a common French, located in the department of the Manche and the area Basse-Normandie.

Geography

Heart of the " Mortainais" , the town of Mortain is located in a scrap-metal landscape preserved, in edge of the forest which bears its name, on a granitic side of the Armorican solid mass.

History

See also: List of the counts de Mortain

  • Fore-mentioned Moretonium then Maurus

  • 993: Guillaume-Long-Sword takes possession of Mortain, it would be the probable founder of the castle
  • 1082: the count Robert founds collegial St Evroult

See also: Counter-attack of Mortain

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the Small one and the Large Cascade
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