between johannesberg and val orne-ajon in the french department of calvados, an official partnership was established in 1990 with quite a number of centres, namely avenay, amayé-sur-orne, maizet, montigny, préaux-bocage, maisoncelles-sur-ajon, sainte-honorine-du-fay and vacognes-neuilly. on 18 may 1996, the french community of trois-monts joined the group as the ninth community.