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Discover Alençon in France
Alençon in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 30,786 habitants is a town located in France - some 107 mi or ( 173 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital .
Local time in Alençon is now 07:56 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Oxford, London, Cambridge, Bristol, and Vingt-Hanaps. When in this area, you might want to check out Oxford . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Alençon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Alencon, Normandy, France
Alençon, capital of the Orne department in Lower Normandy. Full article can be seen on visitnormandy.wordpress.com . For accommodation see www.normandie-chambres.co.uk ..
Benji Lanyado for Global Cool on Traincation in Normandy
Benji Lanyado for Global Cool on Traincation in Normandy. Find out more here... globalcool.org ..
Résultat du concours GS 2012
Résultat du jeu concours GS 2012. Merci à tout les participants et surtout au gagnant. N'oubliez pas que c'est avant tout un jeu tourné sur le partage et comme tout jeu, l'important c'est de participe ..
messe festive alençon 2008
web tv diocese de seez messe festive animée par les jeunes alençon ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Gare d'Alençon
Alençon is a railway station in Alençon, Basse-Normandie, France. The station opened on 15 March 1856 and is located on the Le Mans–Mézidon railway line. The station is served by Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by SNCF.
Located at 48.43 0.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Lonray Airfield
Lonray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lonrai in the Orne region of northern France. Located just outside of Lonrai, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 22 August 1944, after the Allied landings in France and the breakout from Normandy, and during the Liberation of Paris. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Located at 48.46 0.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Gare de Sées
Gare de Sées is a railway station serving the town Sées, Orne department, northwestern France.
Located at 48.60 0.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Sées Cathedral
Sées Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Sées) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, in Sées (formerly also Séez) in Normandy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Sées. The Gothic cathedral dates from the 13th and 14th century and occupies the site of three earlier churches. The west front, which is disfigured by the buttresses projecting beyond it, has two stately spires of open work 230 ft. high. The nave was built towards the end of the 13th century.
Located at 48.61 0.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez, is a diocese, of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Originally established in the 3rd century, the diocese encompasses the department of Orne, in the Region of Basse-Normandie. The episcopal see is the cathedral in Sées, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen. The current bishop of Séez is Mgr. Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert.
Located at 48.61 0.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
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