Vicques (Calvados)

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Vicques
Vicques (France)
Vicques
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Falaise
Community association Pays de Falaise
Coordinates 48 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
height 33-64 m
surface 2.66 km 2
Residents 70 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 14170
INSEE code

Vicques is a French municipality with 209 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Falaise (until 2015: canton of Morteaux-Coulibœuf ).

geography

Vicques is located in the south of the Caen am Dives plain , around 10 kilometers northeast of Falaise and around 33 kilometers south-southeast of Caen . The municipality is surrounded by Jort in the north, Louvagny in the east, Morteaux-Coulibœuf in the south and Bernières-d'Ailly in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 80 60 53 53 63 50 52 70
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Gervais church, built in 1734
  • Vicques Castle with the Notre-Dame chapel and pigeon tower, monument historique since 1975
Saint-Gervais church

Web links

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