Capital of the Pays d’Ouche, so dear to the Countess of Ségur, L’Aigle gets its name from the discovery in the 11th century of an eagle’s nest by Fulbert de Beina at his feudal castle.

Today, L’Aigle is particulary well known for its Tuesday morning market, one of the biggest in France, but this pretty town of 9000 inhabitants is also an ideal starting point for lovers of nature and culture alike to discover colourful and magical villages filled with a rich past.

On the way Mont-Saint-Michel  and the Basilica at Lisieux, a few steps away from La Manche and the Perche, L’Aigle is an ideal stopping place which itself possesses several attractions:

- The June 44 museum situated in the castle retraces the decisive events leading up to the Battle of Normandy.

- -The Countess de Ségur and the Big Forge museums at Aube.

- The ruins of the Abbey of St Evroult Notre Dame du Bois situated near boating lake with water activities.

- The Stock Farming cooperative, the CIA, a visit for adults and children.

- The Cerza Zoo near Lisieux just at one hour from L’Aigle.

- Hars du Pin flagship of the National Stud.

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