Mézidon-Canon

Mézidon-Canon

Chateau of Canon

Coat of arms
Mézidon-Canon

Coordinates: 49°04′25″N 0°04′12″W / 49.0736°N 0.07°W / 49.0736; -0.07Coordinates: 49°04′25″N 0°04′12″W / 49.0736°N 0.07°W / 49.0736; -0.07
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Mézidon-Canon
Intercommunality Vallée d'Auge
Government
  Mayor (20082014) François Aubey
Area1 10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 4,679
  Density 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14431 / 14270
Elevation 9–72 m (30–236 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)

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.

Mézidon-Canon is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon.

Canon was the site of a fortress built in 1050 by Odo (Eudes) Stigand for William the Bastard, duke of Normandy, Odo was the first baron of Mézidon and founter of the priory of St. Barbara, known as Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19624,391    
19684,427+0.8%
19754,123−6.9%
19824,571+10.9%
19904,622+1.1%
19994,713+2.0%
20084,679−0.7%

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