Country France Department Orne Population (2006) 3,976 Local time Thursday 9:34 PM | Region Normandy Canton Domfront (chef-lieu) Area 35.54 km² Arrondissement Alençon | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Domfrontais Weather 11°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Domfront is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Domfront-en-Poiraie.
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Map of 61700 Domfront, France
Geography
Domfront is picturesquely situated on a bluff overlooking the Varenne.
Domfront is said to have grown up in the 6th century round the oratory of the hermit St Front, and played an important part in the wars against the English and the French Wars of Religion. Beginning from the strategically sited castle of Domfront, the dispossessed count Henry, youngest son of William the Conqueror, rallied support among local lords and eventually ruled the Anglo-Norman dominions as Henry I of England.
In 1574 it was occupied by the Protestant leader Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, who after a stubborn siege was forced to yield it to Jacques Goyon, count of Matignon.