Le Plessis-Grimoult
Le Plessis-Grimoult | |
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Part of Les Monts d'Aunay | |
Abbey ruins | |
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Location of Le Plessis-Grimoult | |
Le Plessis-Grimoult Le Plessis-Grimoult | |
| Coordinates: 48°57′43″N 0°36′30″W / 48.9619°N 0.6083°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Commune | Les Monts d'Aunay |
Area 1 | 16.15 km2 (6.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 313 |
| • Density | 19.4/km2 (50.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14770 |
| Elevation | 200–361 m (656–1,184 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Plessis-Grimoult (French pronunciation: [lə plɛsi ɡʁimu] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.
On 23 June 2009, a monument was unveiled in memory of Aleksander Chudek, a Polish pilot from No. 303 RAF Squadron, who died at Le Plessis-Grimoult in 1944.