Editing Dozulé

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Dozulé
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = FranceNormandieDozuleEglise.jpg
|caption                = The church in Dozulé
|image coat of arms     = Blason Dozulé.svg
|arrondissement         = Lisieux
|canton                 = Cabourg
|INSEE                  = 14229
|postal code            = 14430
|mayor                  = Sophie Gaugain<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge|CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.2325|-0.0419|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 22
|elevation min m        = 8
|elevation max m        = 139
|area km2               = 5.23
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Dozulé''' ({{IPA|fr|dɔzyle|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Dozulé.wav}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in northern [[France]].

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14229#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |984
|1975 |1279
|1982 |1407
|1990 |1515
|1999 |1615
|2007 |1868
|2012 |2022
|2017 |2284
}}

== The apparitions and the Glorious Cross ==
[[File:Haute butte de Dozulé.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The current [[Glorious Cross of Dozulé|Cross of Dozulé]] in the place of its famous first apparition to Madeleine Aumount in 1972.]]
Between 1972 and 1978, [[Jesus Christ]] is said to have [[Visions of Jesus and Mary|appeared]] 49 times in Dozulé to Madeleine Aumont,<ref>Jean Stiegler; ''DOZULÉ - The ultimate message of Christ''. 88 pp. Editions Résiac, France.</ref><ref>Father Jean Baptiste Manceaux; ''DOZULÉ - The Glorious Return of the Son of Man''. Les Nouvelles Editions Latines, Paris.</ref> a mother of five children, in the presence of her parish priest Victor L'Horset and other faithful people. He is believed to have dictated a series of messages, containing teachings and warnings for all people, according to those who believed in them. Among them is the daily ''Prayer of Dozulé''.<ref>Jean Stiegler; ''Prayers in Dozulé''. 48 pp. Editions Résiac, France.</ref> The messages are seen as an annunciation of [[Second Coming|the return of Christ]]. There is also the [[Glorious Cross of Dozulé|Glorious Cross]], an illuminated Catholic cross coloured white and blue, {{convert|7.38|m|abbr=on}} tall with arms {{convert|1.23|m|abbr=on}} long. The exact ratio of 3 between the vertical and horizontal lengths is based on the reported visions.

The followers of the messages of Dozulé believe also that they are the continuation of the [[Three Secrets of Fátima]] and that they ask, for the conversion of humanity to avoid a material and spiritual catastrophe.

== International relations ==
Dozulé is twinned with [[Leonard Stanley]], a village in [[Gloucestershire]], in the [[United Kingdom]].

== See also ==
* [[Glorious Cross of Dozulé]]
* [[Communes of the Calvados department]]

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== External links ==
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*[http://www.dozule.fr/ Dozulé] - Official website

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