Bayeux, town in northern France, in Calvados Department, on the Aure River, near the English Channel. Bayeux is a farm-trade and manufacturing center; products include processed food, lace, and pottery. Of note here are a Gothic cathedral (with Romanesque sections) and a museum housing the famous Bayeux tapestry, a large embroidery depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Originally a Gallic capital, Bayeux later became an important Roman center, called first Augustodurum and later Civitas Baiocassium. The town was made an episcopal see in the 4th century. During World War II it was the first French community liberated by the Allies in June 1944. Population (1999) 14,961.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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