Saint-Germain-de-Livet

Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Chateau St. Germain de Livet
Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Location within Lower Normandy region  Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Lisieux-3
Intercommunality	Lisieux Pays d'Auge
Mayor	Brigitte Comet-Chérel (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	53–182 m (174–597 ft) (avg. 164 m/538 ft)
Land area1	16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population2	803  (2008)
- Density	49 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14582/ 14100
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: 49°04′31″N 0°11′31″E / 49.0752777778°N 0.191944444444°E / 49.0752777778; 0.191944444444

Saint-Germain-de-Livet is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

History

The famous chateau at Saint-Germain-de-Livet, now open to the public, was built by the Tournebu (later Tournebu-de-Livet) family between 1561 and 1578.^[1][2]

Population

Historical population of Saint-Germain-de-Livet

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
559	498	589	631	598	581	803

Chateau Saint-Germain-de-Livet

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Statistique monumentale du Calvados, Arcisse Caumont, Caen, Paris, 1867
2. ^ Tourebu versus Foucault, Buying Titles of Nobility in France, heraldica.org