Tilly-la-Campagne
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local community | Castine-en-Plaine | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Caen | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
Post Code | 14540 | |
Former INSEE code | 14691 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
![]() Former town hall (Mairie) of Tilly-la-Campagne |
Tilly-la-Campagne is a village and a former French commune of 215 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Évrecy .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Rocquancourt , Hubert-Folie and Tilly-la-Campagne were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Castine-en-Plaine and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Rocquancourt.
geography
Tilly-la-Campagne is about nine kilometers south-southeast of Caen . Tilly-la-Campagne is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Hubert-Folie in the north and north-west, Bourguébus in the north and east, Le Castelet with Garcelles-Secqueville in the south and south-east, Rocquancourt in the south and south-west and Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay in the west .
history
During the Battle (s) of Caen in 1944, the Canadian troops tried to conquer the high plateau as part of Operation Spring. Although Tilly-la-Campagne succeeded in conquering, the Canadians nevertheless suffered considerable losses.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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79 | 96 | 80 | 73 | 74 | 93 | 95 | 128 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Denis church, built in 1961 on the site of the previous church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , p. 307.