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Condé-en-Normandie

Coordinates: 48°51′04″N 0°33′11″W / 48.851°N 0.553°W / 48.851; -0.553
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Condé-en-Normandie
St. Martin's Church in Condé-sur-Noireau
St. Martin's Church in Condé-sur-Noireau
Location of Condé-en-Normandie
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Condé-en-Normandie is located in France
Condé-en-Normandie
Condé-en-Normandie
Condé-en-Normandie is located in Normandy
Condé-en-Normandie
Condé-en-Normandie
Coordinates: 48°51′04″N 0°33′11″W / 48.851°N 0.553°W / 48.851; -0.553
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonCondé-en-Normandie
IntercommunalityIntercom de la Vire au Noireau
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Valérie Desquesne[1]
Area
1
62.98 km2 (24.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,157
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14174 /14110, 14770
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Condé-en-Normandie (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃de ɑ̃ nɔʁmɑ̃di]) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Condé-sur-Noireau (the seat), La Chapelle-Engerbold, Lénault, Proussy, Saint-Germain-du-Crioult and Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille.[3]

Geography

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The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Mesnil, Lénault, Le Tremblay, Cresme, Rousseville, Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, Le Hamel Roger, Le Vieux Douet, La Chapelle-Engerbold, Le Hamel, Le Mont Hue, Proussy, Les Haies, Le Coudray, Le Hamel, Les Îles, Bouilly, Solier, Vaux, Condé-sur-Noireau, Le Bosq and L'Abbaye.[5]

The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.[6]

The Tortillon, la Druance plus The Noireau are the three rivers flowing through the commune.[7][8][9] In addition the commune has five streams flowing through its borders, La Blare, The Cresme, The Vaux, The Hamelet and The Val Fournet.[10][11]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 8,335—    
1975 8,889+0.92%
1982 8,805−0.14%
1990 8,055−1.11%
1999 7,595−0.65%
2007 7,503−0.15%
2012 7,260−0.66%
2017 6,634−1.79%
Source: INSEE[12]

Points of Interest

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Museums

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  • Musée Charles Léandre - Based in Condé-sur-Noireau, museum dedicated to Charles Lucien Léandre and other Normandy based artists.[13]
  • Musée de l'Imprimerie Typographique - a museum dedicated to Typographic Printing based in Condé-sur-Noireau.[14]

National heritage sites

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The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique[15]

  • Galland-Duclos House an eighteenth century private house, that was classed as a Monument historique in 1996.[16]
  • House on Grand Rue - listed as a monument in 1929, it was destroyed in the second world war.[17]

Notable People

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Condé-en-Normandie is twinned with:

Former Twin Towns

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b "Condé-en-Normandie · France". Condé-en-Normandie · France.
  6. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500118 - Bassin de la Druance - Description".
  7. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Noireau (I24-0400)".
  8. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - la Druance (I24-0420)".
  9. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - le Tortillon (I2439000)".
  10. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau du Val Fournet (I2506400)".
  11. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de Cresme (I2429000)".
  12. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  13. ^ "Condé-en-Normandie. Le musée Léandre prête ses œuvres". caen.maville.com.
  14. ^ "Le musée de l'imprimerie typographique a rouvert à Condé-en-Normandie". Ouest-France.fr. 15 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Calvados - 14". monumentum.fr.
  16. ^ "Maison dite Galland-Duclos à Condé-en-Normandie - PA14000001 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
  17. ^ "Maison à Condé-en-Normandie - PA00111242 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
  18. ^ LECORNU-BAERT, Nathalie (19 March 2023). "Condé-en-Normandie. Le contre-amiral Dumont d'Urville demeure un enfant du pays". Ouest-France.fr.
  19. ^ Walusinski, Olivier; Courrivaud, Philippe (11 September 2014). "Henry Duret (1849-1921): A Surgeon and Forgotten Neurologist". European Neurology. 72 (3–4): 193–202. doi:10.1159/000361046 – via Silverchair.
  20. ^ LELION, Mélanie (18 October 2014). "Le long parcours pour avoir un timbre de Maximilien Vox". Ouest-France.fr.
  21. ^ "Poster un commentaire - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs". www.landrucimetieres.fr.
  22. ^ "Michèle Fabien - biographie". michelefabien.be.
  23. ^ "HRH The Princess Royal visits Coleford to celebrate the town's twinning links". Visit Dean Wye. 16 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Condé-en-Normandie. Jumelage avec Elsenfeld : les habitants invités aux 20 ans". caen.maville.com.
  25. ^ "Une classe en moins, clocher de Saint-Sauveur... que faut-il attendre en 2023 à Condé-en-Normandie ?". actu.fr. 14 January 2023.
  26. ^ "Le dernier conseil municipal de l'année étoffé à Condé-en-Normandie". Ouest-France.fr. 14 December 2021.