Notre-Dame-de-Courson

Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Location within Lower Normandy region  Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Livarot
Intercommunality	Pays de Livarot
Mayor	Léone Vincent (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	87–214 m (285–702 ft) (avg. 113 m/371 ft)
Land area1	19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population2	403  (2008)
- Density	21 /km2 (54 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14471/ 14140
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°59′30″N 0°15′47″E / 48.9916666667°N 0.263055555556°E / 48.9916666667; 0.263055555556

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

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.^[1]

Population

Historical population of Notre-Dame-de-Courson

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
529	506	441	386	416	357	403

Twin towns

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

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, David C. Douglas, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951