Cormelles-le-Royal

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Cormelles-le-Royal
Coat of arms of Cormelles-le-Royal
Cormelles-le-Royal (France)
Cormelles-le-Royal
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Ifs
Community association Caen la Mer
Coordinates 49 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  W
height 13-37 m
surface 3.48 km 2
Residents 4,898 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,407 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 14123
INSEE code 14181
Website www.ville-de-cormelles-le-royal.fr

Mairie Cormelles-le-Royal

Cormelles-le-Royal is a French town with 4898 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Ifs . The inhabitants call themselves Cormellois (es) .

geography

Cormelles-le-Royal is 3.4 kilometers southeast of Caen on the N  814, which runs around Caen.

history

Cormelles-le-Royal is named in a document from 1195 Cormellae juxta Cadonum , Latin for "Cormellae near Caen". In 1281 it was mentioned as Cormeiles . It is believed that the name by planting Sorbus domestica (fr. Cormier ) was created. The city has had the privilege of calling itself le-Royal ("the royal one") since 1353. During the French Revolution , the addition le-Royal was removed from the name in 1789 and the city was renamed Cormelles-le-Libre . In 1793 it was simply called Cormelles and in 1801 even Coronelles was in use. It was not until 1969 that the city was called Cormelles-le-Royal again .

In the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV. , the de la Guérinière family moved to Cormelles-le-Royal and had a manor house and riding arena built there. The property was named after the La Guérinère family . The manor house and riding arena were used as a branch of the académie d'équitation (Caen Riding Academy) until the French Revolution and closed in 1795.

In 1905 La Guérinière was converted into a poultry farm, sold in 1909 and given to a horse breeder in 1920. On July 19, 1944, the first Canadian troops (Canadian Scottish Regiment) reached Cormelles. The then mayor had advised the residents to leave the city. During the operation Totalize Noirmoutier was bombed and destroyed.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 1629 1862 3099 3442 4604 4599 4431 4864
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Community partnerships

Cormelles-le-Royal is partner municipality of Röthlein in Germany and Combe Martin in England.

Personalities

Saint Martin Church

Sports

With the Entente Sportive , the municipality has a football club whose women's team has long been represented in one of the two highest French leagues.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 477-478.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cormelles-le-Royal on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
  2. ↑ Cormelles-le-Royal on cassini.ehess.fr (French)

Web links

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