Condé-sur-Noireau

Condé-sur-Noireau
Condé-sur-Noireau
Location within Lower Normandy region  Condé-sur-Noireau
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Condé-sur-Noireau
Intercommunality	Condé
Mayor	Pascal Allizard (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	72–173 m (236–568 ft) (avg. 84 m/276 ft)
Land area1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population2	5,611  (2008)
- Density	448 /km2 (1,160 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14174/ 14110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°51′05″N 0°32′56″W / 48.8513888889°N 0.548888888889°W / 48.8513888889; -0.548888888889

Condé-sur-Noireau is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

It is situated on the Noireau River. In the fifteenth century, the town was occupied by the English, and belonged to Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk (1380-1459). It was from here that the Spanish mercenary Francois de Surienne launched an attack on Fougeres in Brittany, which triggered the invasion of English Normandy by Charles VII of France, and the end of the Hundred Years' War.

Population

Historical population of Condé-sur-Noireau

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
4327	3700	3925	5436	5562	6449	5976	6355	6368	6969

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
7234	6643	6871	7350	7279	7252	6764	6663	6591	6247

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
5604	5357	4937	4852	4800	3358	4277	6231	6568	7287

1982	1990	1999	2008
7098	6309	5820	5611

Twin towns

• Ross-on-Wye, UK since 1978.
• Poggio Rusco,Italy since 2000.

See also

• Condé sur Ifs
• Condé sur Seulles
• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

• Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, (Pen & Sword, 2010)