Rosel, Calvados

Lasson (French pronunciation: [lasɔ̃] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Rots.

Cairon (French pronunciation: [kɛʁɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Thaon (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃]) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Rots (French pronunciation: [ʁo] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Lasson and Secqueville-en-Bessin were merged into Rots.

Authie (French: [oti] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Buron is a village in France about 6 kilometres north-west of Caen, in the communes of Cairon, Rosel and Saint-Contest in Calvados.

Le Fresne-Camilly (French pronunciation: [lə fʁɛn kamiji] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is home to the Château du Fresne-Camilly.

Carpiquet (French pronunciation: [kaʁpikɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet.

Operation Windsor (4–5 July 1944), was a Canadian attack of the Battle of Normandy during the Second World War. The attack was undertaken by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division to take Carpiquet and the adjacent airfield from troops of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitler Jugend of Panzergruppe West. The attack was originally intended to take place during the later stages of Operation Epsom, to protect the eastern flank of the main assault but was postponed for a week. On 4 July, the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade and an attached battalion of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacked Carpiquet, supported on the flanks by the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. The village was captured by mid-afternoon but German resistance in the south defeated two attacks on the airfield, despite significant Allied tank and air support. Next day the Canadians repulsed German counter-attacks and held the village, which served as a base for Operation Charnwood, a Second Army attack on Caen, involving the rest of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on 8 July, and the airfield was captured by the Canadians on 9 July.

Fontaine-Henry (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn ɑ̃ʁi] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France. The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England. The château is still lived in by the descendants of its early owners, the comte and comtesse de Olliamson.

Villons-les-Buissons (French pronunciation: [vijɔ̃ le bɥisɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

L'Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine (IMEC), translated as The Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives, is a French institution created in 1988 at the initiative of researchers and professionals in French publishing to gather archives and studies related to the main French publishing houses. It also collects material concerning French magazines and various other players in French literary life. It is a not for profit organisation. Since 2004 it has been based at the Ardenne Abbey near Caen, Normandy, where it has a library of 80,000 books, and more than 15 km of shelving. The reading room is open to researchers.