Baron-sur-Odon
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Evrecy | |
| Community association | Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 25-111 m | |
| surface | 6.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 939 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14210 | |
| INSEE code | 14042 | |
| Website | baron-sur-odon.fr | |
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Baron-sur-Odon is a French municipality with 939 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Évrecy . The inhabitants are known as baronnais or baronnaises .
geography
Baron-sur-Odon is located on the Caen plain and is about 4 km from Caen itself. The municipality is surrounded by Mouen in the north, Fontaine-Étoupefour in the northeast, Maltot in the east, Vieux in the southeast, Esquay-Notre-Dame in the south, Évrecy in the southwest, Gavrus in the west and Tourville-sur-Odon in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2010 | 2016 |
| Residents | 450 | 497 | 396 | 193 | 195 | 313 | 616 | 842 | 917 |
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Community partnerships
Baron-sur-Odon has had a partnership with the British municipality of Chittlehampton since 1986 and with the German municipality of Gaukönigshofen since 1998 .
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church from the 12th century, Monument historique
- Castles from the 16th and 18th centuries
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 754-756.
