Lison (Calvados)
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux | |
| Canton | Trévières | |
| Community association | Isigny-Omaha Intercom | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 15 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 2-62 m | |
| surface | 10.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 443 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14330 | |
| INSEE code | 14367 | |
 Lison train station |
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Lison is a commune with 443 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayeux and the canton of Trévières .
Toponymy
Lison is derived from the Romanic name Lisius or from the Germanic name Liuso , and is followed by the Latin property suffix -o / -onis .
geography
Lison is around nine kilometers from Isigny-sur-Mer and 15 kilometers from Saint-Lô in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Nature Park in the Bessin landscape .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 573 | 588 | 515 | 515 | 479 | 453 | 475 | 448 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Georges church in neo-Gothic style
Rail transport
Lison is on the Paris-Cherbourg and Lison-Lamballe railway lines . The latter route connects Rennes with Caen and thus Brittany with Normandy . Lison used to be an important marshalling yard, where up to 200 railway workers worked.
Personalities
- Fernande Albany (1889 in Lison - 1966), actress.
Lison in art
- Locomotive Lison , in La Bête Humaine ( Émile Zola , 1890)
Web links
Commons : Lison - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 160. ISBN 2-905461-80-2