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Vaux-sur-Aure

Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Vaux-sur-Aure (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ ] , literally Vaux on Aure) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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The Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges at Argouges.[3]

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International relations

Vaux-sur-Aure has international relations with the city of Nagasaki, Japan, since 2005. It was a sister city of Sotome, now a subdivision of Nagasaki, since 1978.[4]

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