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A short circuit had existed in the forest of Essarts, to the south-west of the city of Rouen, before World War II, but it was after the war, as motor racing once again returned to public consciousness, that a new circuit in the area was planned.
In 1949, it was decided to connect the village of Essarts to Orival via a beautiful forest road.
The Automobile Club of Normandy (ACN) requested permission to use this new road as a racing circuit for both cars and motorbikes.
LesEssarts is the Forbes family estate at Saint-Briac, France, and the international family seat of the descendants of James Grant Forbes (b.
He is the grandfather of two famous politicians, Brice Lalonde, a Green Party candidate for President of France in 1981, and Senator John Forbes Kerry, a Democratic candidate for President of the United States of America.
LesEssarts had been occupied and used as a Nazi headquarters during World War II.
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