Condé-sur-Noireau
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| local community | Condé-en-Normandie | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Vire | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14174 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Condé-sur-Noireau is a village and a former French commune with 4,641 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Vire and the canton of Condé-sur-Noireau .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the previous municipalities of Condé-sur-Noireau , La Chapelle-Engerbold , Lénault , Proussy , Saint-Germain-du-Crioult and Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille became a Commune nouvelle with the name Condé- en Normandie and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Condé-sur-Noireau.
geography
Condé-sur-Noireau is about halfway between Vire Normandie and Falaise . Flers , in the Orne department , is just under 12.5 km south.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2013 |
| Residents | 4,327 | 6,449 | 7,350 | 4,937 | 3,358 | 6,568 | 6,309 | 5,244 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, partly from the 11th century
- Saint-Sauveur church from the 20th century
- Calvary
- Mansions
- Hotel de Dieu
- Charles Léandre Museum
- Saint-Jacques Chapel
Saint Martin Church
Saint-Sauveur church
Local mansion
Typical street in the center of Condé-sur-Noireau
politics
Partnerships exist with the British Ross-on-Wye and the Italian Poggio Rusco .
Sports
Condé-sur-Noireau is home to the women's football club FCF Condéen , which always plays in one of the two top French leagues.
Personalities
- Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), navigator and polar explorer
- Raoul Urbain (1837–1902), teacher, councilor during the Paris Commune in 1871
- Maximilien Vox (1894–1974), writer and typographer, developer of the " Classification of Forms According to Vox "
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 586-589.
