Saint-Désir
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux | |
| Canton | Mezidon Canon | |
| Community association | Lisieux Normandy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ' N , 0 ° 13' E | |
| height | 42-172 m | |
| surface | 19.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,710 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 88 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14100 | |
| INSEE code | 14574 | |
| Website | www.saintdesir.fr | |
Saint-Désir (also: Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux ) is a French municipality with 1710 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Lisieux and the canton Mézidon-Canon (until 2015: canton Lisieux-3 ).
geography
Saint-Désir is located on the Touques River . Saint-Désir is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Manerbe in the north and north-west, Quilly-le-Vicomte in the north and north-east, Lisieux in the east, Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue in the south and south-east, and Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs in the Southwest and Le Pré-d'Auge in the west.
The former Route nationale 811 runs through the municipality .
history
Remains of a Gallic settlement from the 3rd century BC could be proven here.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,048 | 1,254 | 1,448 | 1,449 | 1,598 | 1,701 | 1,711 | 1,640 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- German military cemetery
Community partnerships
With the German community Mittelbrunn in Rhineland-Palatinate is one since 1980 community partnership .
