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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Exmes
|arrondissement         = Argentan
|canton                 = Argentan-2
|commune                = Gouffern en Auge
|INSEE                  = 61157
|postal code            = 61310
|coordinates            = {{coord|48.7611|0.1806|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 317
|elevation min m        = 145
|elevation max m        = 268
|area km2               = 10.43
|population             = 272
|population date        = 2019
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
|population demonym     = Hiémois
}}
'''Exmes''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛm}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Orne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in north-western [[France]]. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune [[Gouffern en Auge]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/10/6/INTB1632827A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 6 October 2016 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> It was the seat of the county of Hiémois (French: ''[[:fr::Comté d'Hiémois|Comté d'Hiémois]]''), granted before his death in 1027 by [[Richard II, Duke of Normandy]], to his younger son, Robert, who eventually succeeded as [[Duke of Normandy]]. In 1136, [[Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke|Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke]], led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame.
[[Herbert de Losinga]], [[Bishop of Norwich]] (c. 1095–1119), was born in Exmes as well was [[François Le Prévost d'Exmes]] (1729–1793), an 18th-century playwright.
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According to other sources, Exmes was the place of origin (after 1066 and the Battle of Hastings) of persons named (or later named) Amis, which name was later corrupted to various forms, including Amos. The name Amos is quite prevalent in the county of Kent (United Kingdom) around the Canterbury region.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
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Selon d'autres sources, Exmes était l'endroit d'origine (après que 1066 et de la Bataille de Hastings) des personnes appelées (ou an appelé plus tard) Amis, que le nom a été plus tard corrompu aux formes différentes, en incluant Amos. Le nom Amos est tout à fait qui prévaut dans le comté de Kent (le Royaume-Uni) autour de la région de Cantorbéry. -->
==Heraldry==
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason ville fr Exmes (Orne).svg
| legend1=Arms of Exmes
| text=The arms of Exmes are [[blazon]]ed :<br />''Azure, 2 greyhounds passant argent.''
}}
==See also==
* [[Communes of the Orne department]]
==References==
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