Fontaine-Étoupefour () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Salles, Les Daims and Fontaine-Étoupefour.
The river the Odon is the only watercourse running through the commune.
Points of interest
- Hill 112 Memorial site - is built in recognition of the 10,000 men who lost their lives in the 10 week battle for this strategically important hill as part of Operation Epsom and Operation Jupiter (1944). The memorial is shared across 3 communes whose borders all meet near the top of the hill, so in addition to Fontaine-Étoupefour, there is Esquay-Notre-Dame and Vieux. The memorial features a restored A22 Churchill Mk VII tank a 25-pounder Gun and 112 trees planted to form a cross.
National Heritage Sites
The commune has two sites listed as a Monument historique.
- Eglise Saint-Pierre a twelfth century church listed as monuments in 1927.
- Château a fifteenth century chateau listed as a monument in 1995.
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department