Falaise (Lat. Falesia), a town of Normandy, France, in the department of Calvados, 22 m. S. S. E. of Caen, on the river Ante, and on a branch of the Western railway; pop. in 1866, 8,621. It is built upon cliffs, commanded by an old Norman castle and surrounded by a picturesque country. It has a communal college, a public library, several ancient churches, and an equestrian statue of William the Conqueror, who was born here, erected in 1851, The celebrated fair of Guibray, instituted in the 11th century, is annually held here in August in a suburb of that name. The town has manufactures of cotton and hosiery.

Castle of Falaise.