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
Coordinates: 49°04′31″N 0°11′31″E / 49.0753°N 0.1919°ECoordinates: 49°04′31″N 0°11′31″E / 49.0753°N 0.1919°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Lisieux-3
Intercommunality	Lisieux Pays d'Auge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Brigitte Comet-Chérel
Area^1	16.41 km^2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	803
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14582 / 14100
Elevation	53–182 m (174–597 ft) (avg. 164 m or 538 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.

Saint-Germain-de-Livet is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy 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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	559	—
1968	498	−10.9%
1975	589	+18.3%
1982	631	+7.1%
1990	598	−5.2%
1999	581	−2.8%
2008	803	+38.2%

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

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