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词条 Lisieux
释义

  1. Name

  2. History

     Antiquity  Middle Ages  Events 

  3. Geography

     Climate  Transport  Religion 

  4. Administration

     Les maires de Lisieux  International relations 

  5. Population

  6. Sights

     Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux  Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet  Saint-Pierre Cathedral  Town Hall 

  7. Personalities

  8. Photo gallery

  9. See also

  10. References

  11. External links

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Lisieux ({{IPA-fr|lizjø}}) 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.

{{anchor|Etymology|Toponymy}}

Name

The name of the town derives from the {{lang-la|Noviomagus Lexoviorum}} ("Noviomagus of the Lexovii"). The town was originally known in Celtic as {{lang|xtg|Novio Magos|italic=yes}} ("New Field", "New Market"), which was Latinized as {{lang|la|Noviomagus|italic=yes}}. Owing to the large number of similarly-named cities, however, it was necessary to specify where this one was located. The local French demonym {{lang|fr|Lexoviens|italic=yes}} derives from the Latin as well.

History

Antiquity

Lisieux was the capital of the Lexovii. In his work, Commentaries on the Gallic War, Caesar mentions a Gallic oppidum, a term which refers to Celtic towns located on the tops of hills. The oppidum has been pinpointed to a place referred to as le Castellier,[1] located {{convert|3|km|sp=us}} to the southwest of the town. However the Gallo-Roman city was in fact located where Lisieux is to be found today.

Middle Ages

Lisieux was an important center of power in medieval times. The bishopric of Lisieux controlled most of the Pays d'Auge by the 12th century. King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine are thought to have married at Lisieux in 1152, and the town remained powerful for several centuries afterwards until in the 14th century the triple scourges of the Plague, war and resulting famine devastated Lisieux and reduced its influence. The main judge of Joan of Arc, Pierre Cauchon, became a bishop of Lisieux after her death and is buried in the Lady Chapel of the cathedral.

Events

  • 4th century: Presence of the Germanic laeti, auxiliaries of the Roman Army, who settled in Lisieux with their families. Their graves have been discovered in the “Michelet” necropolis, some of which contain artefacts typical of northern Germania.
  • 1432: Pierre Cauchon, the supreme judge during the trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen became the bishop of Lisieux. He commissioned the building of the side chapel of the cathedral, in which he is now buried.
  • 1590: During the Eighth War of Religion, Henri IV had to fight to win back his kingdom. When he arrived at Lisieux he took the town without force, after the garrison had fled the town.
  • 1897: Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face, died in the Carmelite monastery at Lisieux. In 1925, she would be canonized as "St. Thérèse of Lisieux".
  • 1907: The first helicopter flight, piloted by Paul Cornu.
  • 1937: Monseigneur Eugenio Pacelli, papal legate and future Pope Pius XII, visited Lisieux.
  • 6/7 June 1944: An Allied bombardment killed 800 victims and destroyed two thirds of the town.
  • 23 August 1944: Liberation by the Allied troops.
  • 1960: Lisieux merged with the Saint-Jacques commune.
  • 2 June 1980: Pope Jean-Paul II visited Lisieux.

Geography

Lisieux is situated on the confluence of the river Touques and many of its tributaries: the rivers Orbiquet, Cirieux and Graindain.

The town is in the heart of the Pays d'Auge, of which it is the capital. Lisieux is therefore surrounded by Normandy's typical hedged farmland, where there is a mix of livestock farming (mostly milk cows) and cider apple cultivation (from which cider and calvados are made, not forgetting pommeau).

Climate

Lisieux has a temperate oceanic humid climate.

TownSunshineRainSnowStormsFog
Paris1,797 h/year642mm/year15 d/year19 d/year13 d/year
Nice2,694 h/year767mm/year1 d/year31 d/year1 d/year
Strasbourg1,637 h/year610mm/year30 d/year29 d/year65 d/year
Lisieux[2]1,764 h/year711mm/year14 d/year17 d/year54 d/year
National average1,973 h/year770mm/year14 d/year22 d/year40 d/year

The table below shows the temperatures and precipitation for the year 2007 (provided by the Caen-Carpiquet weather station:[3]

MonthJFMAMJJASOND
Average max. temperature (°C)10.111.111.81717.320.121.32119.315.311.57.9
Average min. temperature (°C)4.75.53.56.39.411.512.912.610.37.35.21.9
Average temperature (°C)7.48.37.611.613.315.817.116.814.811.38.34.9
Precipitation (average height in mm)4583902391831354956394481

The table below shows the record minimum and maximum temperatures:[4]

MonthJFMAMJJASOND
Max. recorded temp. (°C)16.120.824.426.430.434.136.638.933.527.619.917.2
Year of max. temp.199319601946198419532001195220031961198519821989
Min. recorded temp.(°C)−19.6−16.5−7.4−5.7−0.814.741.8−3.7−6.8−11
Year of min. temp.198519561965197819551962196219741948199719891948

Transport

The town of Lisieux is served by a bus network called Lexobus, with 6 routes. The town is also linked to surrounding towns and villages by a network of buses; Bus Verts du Calvados.

There is a railway station in Lisieux, which is the connecting station between the Paris-Cherbourg and Paris-Trouville/Deauville main lines, served by Corail Intercités Normandie trains. The station is also accessible by the Transport express régional (regional express) trains on the Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie routes.

The railway station appeared in the film Un singe en hiver by Henri Verneuil.

To reach the town by car, the D613 (formerly route nationale 13) from Paris to Cherbourg crosses the town from east to west. The second main road of Lisieux is the D579, leading to Deauville to the north and the department of Orne to the south. Lisieux benefits from a bypass, built in the 1990s, running to the south of the town, easing traffic in the town-centre, particularly on boulevard Sainte-Anne.

Religion

Since the Middle Ages Lisieux has been the seat of one of the seven Roman Catholic dioceses of Normandy under the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical province of Rouen. The bishopric was abolished in 1801 before being recreated and merged with that of Bayeux in 1855, under the new name of "Bayeux and Lisieux".

The best-known of the Bishops of Lisieux is Pierre Cauchon, who had a decisive influence during the trial of Joan of Arc. He is buried in Lisieux Cathedral.

Devotion to Sainte-Thérèse who lived in the nearby Carmelite convent has made Lisieux France's second-most important site of pilgrimage, after the Pyreneean town of Lourdes.

Administration

Les maires de Lisieux

List of everyone who has held the position of Mayor of Lisieux:[5]

March 2001 incumbent Bernard AubrilUMPTeacher
19892001 Yvette RoudyPS
19771989 André-Eugène Baugé
19531977 Robert Bisson
1945 1953 André Carles
1945 Casimir Hue
1936 1945 Albert Degrenne
1932 1936 Henry Chéron Lawyer
1909 1932 Arthur Lesigne
1908 1909 Joseph Guillonneau
1894 1908 Henry Chéron Lawyer
1881 1894 Théodule Peulevey Industrialist
1878 1881 Louis Michel
1875 1878 Léopold Frauque
1871 1875 Jules Prat
1853 1871 François Fauque
1848 1853 Victor Godefroy
1847 1848 Jean-Lambert Fournet Industrialist
1842 1847 Adrien-Benjamin Formeville
1832 1842 François-Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu
1816 1832 Joseph-François de Bellemare
1813 1816 Jean-Jacques Nasse
1808 1813 Louis-Jacques-Hippolyte Thillaye du Boullay
1798 1808 Jean-Jacques Nasse
1797 Guillaume-François Riquier
1796 Pierre Lerebours
1795 Jean-Baptiste Vergé
1795 Michel Bloche
1794 Jean Coessin
1793 Louis-Jean-René Prieur
1792 Michel Bloche
1791 Thomas Gannel
1790 François-Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu

International relations

Lisieux is twinned with:

  • Taunton {{flagicon|UK}} – since 1951;
  • Saint-Georges, Quebec {{flagicon|CAN}} – since 1996
  • Saint-Jérôme, Quebec {{flagicon|CAN}} [ref. necessary] – since 2010

Population

Lisieux is set to once again become Calvados' second largest town in terms of population. Its metropolitan area of 45,065 inhabitants is also the second largest of the department.

The inhabitants of Lisieux are known as Lexoviens.

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Sights

About 60 percent of the town was destroyed in 1944, so few of the monuments have been preserved.

Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux

The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux was constructed in honour of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux, who was beatified in 1923 and canonized in 1925. It was built for pilgrims who came in increasing numbers to venerate the new saint in the town where she had lived and died.

Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet

As its name indicates, the Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet is situated in the commune of Saint-Germain-de-Livet. It is to be found opposite the village church which dates from the 19th century. The château has been owned by the town of Lisieux since 1958 when it was donated by the Riesener family.

From an architectural point of view the château comprises a half-timbered manor dating from the 15th century and a glazed brick and stone building from the Pré-d'Auge dating from the end of the 16th century.

The chateau combines medieval and Renaissance elements and is surrounded by a moat and a peacock garden.

Saint-Pierre Cathedral

{{main|Lisieux Cathedral}}

Lisieux's Saint-Pierre Cathedral is a rare monument which survived the 1944 allied bombardment. Even though the cathedral has been around since the 6th century, the church of today must have been constructed between 1160 and 1230 by Bishop Arnoul.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

From the outset, the architect designed quadripartite rib vaults and flying buttresses, making it one of Normandy's first Gothic buildings. The nave is fairly austere and is inspired by the Gothic style of the Île de France, whereas the most recent parts of the building were constructed in the 18th century (the chevet, the lantern tower and the western façade) in Norman style.

It is wrongly claimed that Henry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and future king of England, married Eleanor of Aquitaine at the cathedral in 1152; they married in Poitiers Cathedral. Having been involved in the trial of Joan of Arc, Pierre Cauchon was named as Bishop of Lisieux in 1432 and is buried there.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Town Hall

The town hall (18th century) was formerly a private residence.

Personalities

Births
  • Jean-Baptiste Laumonier (1749–1818), surgeon
  • Thomas de Frondeville (1750–1816), politician
  • Yves Leopold Germain Gaston (1803–1863), Sugar production pioneer and was known as the "Father of the Sugar Industry" in the Philippines
  • Paul-Louis Target (1821–1908), politician
  • Henry Chéron (1867–1936), mayor of Lisieux (1894–1908 and 1932–1936) and several times a minister under the French Third Republic
  • Raymond Lantier (1886–1980), archaeologist
  • Jean Derode (1887–1918), World War I flying ace and military hero
  • Jean Charles Contel (1895–1928), painter
  • Michel Magne (1930–1984), composer (film music)
  • Matthieu Lagrive (1979–), endurance motorbike rider
  • Nicolas Batum (1988–), a professional basketball player playing with the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association
  • Chloé Mortaud (1989–), elected Miss France in 2009, lived in Lisieux until she was ten.
Deaths
  • Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux (1873–1897) Carmelite nun, later canonised as a Saint of the Catholic Church.
  • César Ruminski (1924–2009), international footballer.

Photo gallery

See also

{{Portal|Normandy}}
  • Bishopric of Lisieux
  • Communes of the Calvados department
  • Georges Vérez, sculptor of Lisieux War Memorial

References

1. ^François Neveux, Bayeux et Lisieux, villes épiscopales de Normandie à la fin du Moyen Age (Éditions Lys, 1996)
2. ^These figures, cited on the French wikipedia page for Lisieux, are drawn from the Internet site for the nearby town of Caen Caen and from France's National Meteorology site LaMeteo.org(both in French).
3. ^Meteo France (in French)
4. ^Meteo France and LaMeteo.org (both in French)
5. ^
Hôtel de ville : Lisieux. Lisieux : Mairie de Lisieux, 2007, d'après A.-J.L. Dingremont, Du corps municipal de Lisieux. Lisieux, J.J. Pigeon, 1849.

External links

{{Commons category|Lisieux}}{{Wikivoyage}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20000412130921/http://www.ville-lisieux.fr/ Lisieux website] {{Fr icon}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051013085410/http://en.lisieux-tourisme.com/ Tourism website] {{Fr icon}} {{en icon}} {{de icon}}
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