Thue et Mue
Thue et Mue is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, Brouay, Cheux, Le Mesnil-Patry, Putot-en-Bessin and Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Putot-en-Bessin, L'Ormelaie, Brouay, Cardonville, Le Mesnil-Patry, Thue et Mue, Le Planitre, Le Rouitoir, Cheux, La Rue des Portes and Le Bosq.Two rivers, the Thue and the Mue flow through the commune. In addition a stream the Ruisseau de Sabley traverses the commune.
Points of interest
National heritage sites
The Commune has seven buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique- Église Sainte-Croix de Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne a church listed as a monument in 1986.
- Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de Putot-en-Bessin a twelfth centaury church listed as a monument in 1927.
- Église Saint-Vigor de Cheux a twelfth centaury church listed as a monument in 1910.
- Église Saint-Germain a church listed as a monument in 1927.
- Cross a seventeenth century cross located in the cemetery of Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de Putot-en-Bessin.
- Château de Grand Tonne a seventeenth century Manor house, listed as a monument in 1969.
- Château de la Motte an eighteenth century Château, listed as a monument in 1973.
Twin towns – sister cities
Thue et Mue is twinned with:- Unterpleichfeld, Germany since 1993 - Shared with two other communes Grainville-sur-Odon & Saint-Manvieu-Norrey
- Long Bennington, England