Fontaine-le-Pin

Fontaine-le-Pin
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Community association	Pays de Falaise
Coordinates	48 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  W
height	108-203 m
surface	8.54 km 2
Residents	357 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	14190
INSEE code	14276

Fontaine-le-Pin is a French municipality with 357 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 Falaise . The residents are known as Fontaine-Brayens .

geography

Fontaine-le-Pin is located about eleven kilometers north-northwest of Falaise and 26 kilometers south of Caen . The municipality is surrounded by Saint-Germain-le-Vasson in the north, Potigny in the east, Bons-Tassilly in the southeast, Ussy in the south, Martainville in the southwest, Cesny-les-Sources with Tournebu in the west and Moulines in the northwest.

Population development

year	1793	1836	1876	1926	1946	1968	1990	2016
Residents	265	442	347	275	149	258	279	358
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Aubin de Bray-en-Cinglay church from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1976
• Saint-Pierre church, reconstruction from 1957, monument historique since 2005
• Remains of a former commandery ( French commanderie ) of the Knights Templar

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  Saint-Aubin de Bray-en-Cinglay church

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  Saint-Pierre church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 326-327.

Web links

Commons : Fontaine-le-Pin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• General information on Fontaine-le-Pin on communes.com ( French )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Church of Saint-Aubin de Bray-en-Cinglay in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ^ Church of Saint-Pierre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)