Condé-en-Normandie
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Condé-en-Normandie | |
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 St. Martin's Church in Condé-sur-Noireau | |
 Location of Condé-en-Normandie | |
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| Coordinates: 48°51′04″N 0°33′11″W / 48.851°N 0.553°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Intercommunality | Intercom de la Vire au Noireau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Valérie Desquesne[1] |
Area 1 | 62.98 km2 (24.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,985 |
| • Density | 95.03/km2 (246.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
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]
Neighbouring communes In addition to Pontécoulant which Condé-en-Normandie completely surrounds [5] | |
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Population
Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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% |
| 2023 | 5,985 | −1.70% |
| Source: INSEE[12] | ||
Points of Interest
Museums
- 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
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]
Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille Church
Chateau dor bigny
La Chapelle-Engerbold
Saint-Gerbold church in La Chapelle Engerbold
Saint Sauveur Church in Condé-sur-Noireau
Condé-sur-Noireau Municipal lake with beach
Hospice in Condé-sur-Noireau
Monument dedicated to asbestos victims in Condé-sur-Noireau
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Notable people
- Jules Dumont d'Urville - (1790 – 1842) a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica, was born here.[18]
- Henri Duret - (1849 - 1921) a French neurologist whose contributions to the knowledge of cerebral circulation and the physiology of the brainstem were important for the early years of brain surgery, was born here.[19]
- Maximilien Vox - (1894–1974) a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography, was born here.[20]
- Michèle Fabien - (1945 – 1999) a Belgian writer and playwright, is buried at Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille cemetery.[21][22]
Sport
Condé-en-Normandie has a swimming pool the Espace Aquatique de Condé-en-Normandie, which has been open since 1999.[23]
