Exmes

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Exmes

|arrondissement = Argentan

|canton = Argentan-2

|commune = Gouffern en Auge

|INSEE = 61157

|postal code = 61310

|coordinates = {{coord|48.7611|0.1806|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 317

|elevation min m = 145

|elevation max m = 268

|area km2 = 10.43

|population = 268

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}

|population demonym = Hiémois

}}

Exmes ({{IPA|fr|ɛm}}) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Gouffern en Auge.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/10/6/INTB1632827A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 6 October 2016 {{in lang|fr}} It was the seat of the county of Hiémois (French: Comté d'Hiémois), granted before his death in 1027 by Richard II, Duke of Normandy, to his younger son, Robert, who eventually succeeded as Duke of Normandy. In 1136, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame.

Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich (c. 1095–1119), was born in Exmes as well was François Le Prévost d'Exmes (1729–1793), an 18th-century playwright.

Toponymy

Attested apparently first from Merovingian times, the name is of Celtic origin, with many parallels in other placenames and words.

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

| img1=Blason ville fr Exmes (Orne).svg

| legend1=Arms of Exmes

| text=The arms of Exmes are blazoned :
Azure, 2 greyhounds passant argent.

}}

See also

References

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Category:Former communes of Orne

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