Notre-Dame-de-Courson

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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge in Normandy, France
Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Location of Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Map
48°59′30″N 0°15′47″E / 48.9917°N 0.2631°E / 48.9917; 0.2631
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonLivarot-Pays-d'Auge
CommuneLivarot-Pays-d'Auge
Area
1
19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
366
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14140
Elevation87–214 m (285–702 ft)
(avg. 113 m or 371 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notre-Dame-de-Courson (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam kuʁsɔ̃] ) is a former commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[2]

History

Notre-Dame-de-Courson fell in medieval times within the barony of the Ferrers family at nearby Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, who took part of the Norman Conquest of England. One branch of the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson accompanied their Ferrers overlord to England.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962529—    
1968506−4.3%
1975441−12.8%
1982386−12.5%
1990416+7.8%
1999357−14.2%
2008403+12.9%

International relations

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the village of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, David C. Douglas, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951
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