Thury-Harcourt, France/thury-harcourt180

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Looking down on his house from the hills on the west side, showing his property abutted l'Orne River. Héroult's father was a tanner and used the river for his supply of water. When Paul was 14, the family moved to Gentilly {LINK: Paris8-040}, a suburb of Paris, where he continued his tanning trade.