Sées

Sées is a commune with 4377 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Orne in Basse-Normandie region; it belongs to the arrondissement Alençon and is the administrative center of the canton Sées. The place is a few kilometers away from the source of the River Orne.

History

Sées was in Roman times the capital of the Celtic tribe of Esuvier, which are equated with the Sagii. This Sagii were probably the namesake for Sées.

Attractions

  • The unusually large for a village and architectural extraordinary Gothic Notre Dame Cathedral of the Diocese of Sées dates from the 12th century and contains an organ by the organ builder Claude Parisot.
  • The Saint -Martin abbey
  • The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception ( Immaculée Conception ) is now the Museum of Religious Art of the department.
  • Parc de Fontaineriant in the district of Les Choux

Twinning

  • Tönisvorst, North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany, since 1979
  • Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště, Czech Republic
  • Southwell ( Nottinghamshire ), United Kingdom, since 1982

Personalities

Born in Sées

  • Osmund Sées († 1099 ), Bishop of Salisbury, Catholic saint
  • Gaultier Garguille (1581-1633), actor and poet
  • Simon Bougis (1630-1714), Benedictine monk, Superior General of the Congregation of Saint -Maur, born in Sées
  • François -René Curaudau (1765-1813), chemist and pharmacist
  • Nicolas- Jacques Conté (1755-1805), chemist, painter and inventor
  • Born Louis Forton (1879-1934), comic artist, Sées

Connected to Sées

  • Lothar of Seez (* 685, † 756 ), thirty years bishop of Seez and Catholic saint
  • Yves de Bellême, in the 11th century bishop of Seez
  • Jean -Baptiste du Plessis d' Argentré (1720-1805), bishop of Seez
  • Charles -Frédéric Rousselet (1795-1881), bishop of Seez
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