Vaux-sur-Aure

Commune in Normandy, France

Vaux-sur-Aure (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ oʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Vaux on Aure) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges at Argouges.^[3]

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  Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)
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  Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.

Population

International relations

Vaux-sur-Aure has international relations with the city of Nagasaki, Japan, since 2005. It was a sister city of Sotome, now a subdivision of Nagasaki, since 1978.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. (A variation of this legend is found in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" (volume) V .pp.64-65)
4. International Exchange Nagasaki