Soumont-Saint-Quentin () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Aisy, La Mine, Le Mont Joly and Soumont-Saint-Quentin.
The river Laizon is the only watercourse that flows through the commune.
Population
Points of Interest
La Brèche au Diable known in English as the Devil's Breach is a set of two rocky outcrops overlooking the Laizon river. It is shared with the neighbouring commune of Potigny.
National Heritage sites The commune has five sites listed as a Monument historique.
Église Saint-Quentin de Soumont-Saint-Quentin - a twelfth century church, listed as a Monument historique in 1910. Église d'Aizy - a thirteenth century church, listed as a Monument historique in 1911. Chapelle du Mont-Joly - a thirteenth century chapel, listed as a Monument historique in 1927. Tomb of Marie Joly and its enclosure - an eighteenth century tomb for Marie Elisabeth Joly, sculpted by Jacques-Philippe Le Sueur for listed as a Monument historique in 1927. Menhirs des Longraisa set of three Neolithic Menhirs listed as a monument in 1978.
Notable people
Marie-Élisabeth Joly - (1761 - 1798) a French stage actress, who was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1781. She is buried here and her tomb is now a listed monument.
See also Communes of the Calvados department
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