Lison (Calvados)

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Lison
Lison (France)
Lison
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Trévières
Community association Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Coordinates 49 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W 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

Lison train station

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
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

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

Web links

Commons : Lison  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 160. ISBN 2-905461-80-2