Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont
Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont | ||
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local community | Vire Normandy | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Vire | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W | |
Post Code | 14500 | |
Former INSEE code | 14584 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Saint Germain Church |
Saint-Germain-de-la-Lande-Tallevende-Vaumont is a former French commune with 1,993 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Tallevendais , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .
On January 1, 2016, Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont was incorporated into the new municipality of Vire Normandie as part of a regional reform together with seven neighboring municipalities .
geography
Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont is located directly south of Vire , whose territory it borders in the north. The department of Manche begins south of the local border . The river Vire touches the local area in the northeast, the Dathée in the northwest. The former route nationale 177 (today's D577) also runs here.
history
Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont was created in 1973 through the merger of the municipalities of Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende and La Lande-Vaumont .
Population development
year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2013 |
Residents | 3.152 | 3,309 | 2,803 | 2,025 | 2,310 | 1,391 | 1,584 | 1,989 |
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Germain church from the 17th century
- Saint-Pierre church
- 16th century mansion at Le Clos Fortin
- La Tessonière castle from the 19th century
- Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins , Monument historique since 1934
Trivia
With 38 letters (without hyphens), the name of the place is one of the longest in France.
Web links
- Website of the place (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
- ↑ Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont - Cassini
- ↑ Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)