Urville, Calvados
Urville is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
Iron mining was an important industry in the village until 1989. The village was at the head of a mineral railway linking the iron mines to the SMN steel mills.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Moinerie and Urville.The River Laize a tributary to the Orne flows through the commune.
Points of Interest
Cimetière Militaire Polonais de Urville - Polish war cemetery paying tribute to the soldiers killed in the Battle of Hill 262 during World War II.National Heritage sites
The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique- Eglise d'Urville seventeenth century church listed as a monument in 2022.
- Manor House a fourteenth century Manor house listed as a monument in 1929.