Lisieux

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Lisieux

Total population

19,807

Coordinates49.15°, 0.23°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Thierry Moreau

French footballer

Roussel de Bailleul

Norman adventurer and Byzantine general

Robert Curthose

Duke of Normandy

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William of Montreuil

Italo-Norman Duke

Nicolas Batum

French basketball player (born 1988)

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Dominique Visse

French opera singer

Tony Hurel

French road racing cyclist

Isabelle Debré

French politician

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Thomas of Britain

Old French poet, author of a Tristan

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Rainulf Drengot

Norman mercenary and first count of Aversa

William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

British nobleman

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Richard I of Capua

Prince of Capua

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Rainulf Trincanocte

Norman count of Aversa

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Asclettin, Count of Aversa

Italo-Norman noble

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Ralph Drengot

Norman knight

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Riccardo de Lingèvres

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Normandie

• Rocques
  2 mi away · pop. 286
• Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue
  2.3 mi away · pop. 772
• Saint-Jean-de-Livet
  3.6 mi away · pop. 246
• Norolles
  3.8 mi away · pop. 340
• Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs
  3.9 mi away · pop. 451
• Le Mesnil-Guillaume
  4 mi away · pop. 574
• Le Pré-d'Auge
  4 mi away · pop. 850
• Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc
  5.1 mi away · pop. 958
• Saint-Ouen-le-Pin
  5.4 mi away · pop. 256
• Le Breuil-en-Auge
  5.6 mi away · pop. 977
• Auquainville
  6.2 mi away · pop. 307
• Le Fournet
  6.6 mi away · pop. 76

Browse all places in Normandie →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lisieux

Religions et Cultes à Lisieux (Normandie) Dans l'Antiquité et Au Haut Moyen Âge

Patrice Lajoye · 2013

Religions et Cultes à Lisieux (Normandie) Dans l'Antiquité et Au Haut Moyen Âge (N&B)

Patrice Lajoye · 2013

Promenades en Normandie avec sainte Thérèse de Lisieux

Jacques Viquesnel · 1993

Bayeux et Lisieux

François Neveux · 1996

La femme en Normandie

Congrès des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Normandie (19th 1984 Lisieux, France) · 1986

Rose of Normandie

B. W. Flint · 2009

La Peinture murale romaine de la Picardie à la Normandie

Centre d'étude des peintures murales romaines (France) · 1982

La peinture murale romaine de la Picardie à la Normandie

1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-26

Spotted-wing antlion

Euroleon nostras

Seen 2026-09-19

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-09-13

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-07

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Seen 2026-09-07

European Field Cricket

Gryllus campestris

Seen 2026-08-29

common hops

Humulus lupulus

Seen 2026-08-28

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-08-26

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-08-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers