Jort
Commune in Normandy, France
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Jort (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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.JPG) The church in Jort | |
 Location of Jort | |
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| Coordinates: 48°58′26″N 0°04′42″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Falaise |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Guillemot[1] |
Area 1 | 6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 303 |
| • Density | 46.0/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14345 /14170 |
| Elevation | 29–67 m (95–220 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 340 | — |
| 1968 | 367 | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 351 | −4.4% |
| 1982 | 354 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 317 | −10.5% |
| 1999 | 306 | −3.5% |
| 2008 | 308 | +0.7% |
Points of Interest
- Town hall - contains the Mithraic reliefs of Jort, discovered in 2011 as part of Sanitation works in the commune.[7]
National Heritage sites
- Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Jort - a twelfth centaury church that was listed as a Monument historique in 1927.[8]
