Cintheaux

Cintheaux
Cintheaux
Commune
	A road in Cintheaux
	Location of Cintheaux
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	Coordinates: 49°03′22″N 0°17′27″W / 49.0561°N 0.2908°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marcel Jaeger
Area 1	7.58 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population (2021)	181
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14160 /14680
Elevation	69–122 m (226–400 ft) ; (avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cintheaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃to] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is located between Caen and Falaise and is the home to the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.

Gaumesnil was originally a separate village, now attached to Cintheaux; it has fewer than 19 residents.

Sights

The main town is situated around the church of Saint-Germain, classified as an official French historic monument. It was built around 1150 by the Marmion family; Robert Marmion offered it in patronage to the Barbery Abbey, subject to the Bayeux diocese, in 1181.^[3] The main (north) chapel and the cross tower, dating to the 16th century, was destroyed in 1688. The north bell tower was added in the 18th century. The church was restored between 1857 and 1902.

History

World War II

Cintheaux was devastated by Allied artillery, which sought to annihilate the 12th SS Panzer Division in 1944, during Operation Totalize.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	190	—
1968	172	−9.5%
1975	159	−7.6%
1982	161	+1.3%
1990	172	+6.8%
1999	180	+4.7%
2008	188	+4.4%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Cartulaire ShL du X au XV Siècles - Société Historique de Lisieux". www.societehistoriquedelisieux.fr. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] "Cartulaire ShL du X au XV Siècles - Société Historique de Lisieux". www.societehistoriquedelisieux.fr. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

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