Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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12 Facts About Lisieux
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Lisieux was an important center of power in medieval times.
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The bishopric of Lisieux controlled most of the Pays d'Auge by the 12th century.
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Lisieux is situated on the confluence of the river Touques and many of its tributaries: the rivers Orbiquet, Cirieux and Graindain.
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Lisieux is therefore surrounded by Normandy's typical hedged farmland, where there is a mix of livestock farming and cider apple cultivation.
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Town of Lisieux is served by a bus network called Lexobus, with 6 routes.
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The second main road of Lisieux is the D579, leading to Deauville to the north and the department of Orne to the south.
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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.
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Best-known of the Bishops of Lisieux is Pierre Cauchon, who had a decisive influence during the trial of Joan of Arc.
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Sainte-Therese de Lisieux died in 1897, she was canonized in 1925 and named a doctor of the church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
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Basilica of Sainte-Therese de Lisieux was constructed in honour of Sainte-Therese de Lisieux, who was beatified in 1923 and canonized in 1925.
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Lisieux Cathedral is a rare monument which survived the 1944 allied bombardment.
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