Flers

Flers is a commune inside the Orne department in Normandy, France. The first written mentions of Flers appear on the give up of the 12th century as Flers 1164 to 1179 or Flex 1188 to 1221. Some authors suppose that the name of the metropolis derives from the German homonym Haler this means that barren region or common grazing land on the identical time as others propose an beginning in the German Lessen from the Dutch vilest or the Latin flu ere indicating a water flow basin or marsh.

Yet every different etymology hyperlinks Flers to the Latin flexus which means the bend in a road or river. Finally the Breton time period fler or flear manner horrible scent indicating the stench of stagnant water. All etymologies appear to agree but that the city is called for its topography and the water close to it. From the 10th century on the de Flers own family headed a barony. Tradition has it that within the 11th century, the 2 brothers Foulques d Aunou and Guillaume de Gaspree married sisters who have been Ladies of Flers. Foulques d Aunou obtained as his wedding ceremony gift Flers seat of the barony.