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Pontécoulant

Coordinates: 48°52′45″N 0°35′12″W / 48.8792°N 0.5867°W / 48.8792; -0.5867
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Pontécoulant
Chateau
Chateau
Location of Pontécoulant
Map
Pontécoulant is located in France
Pontécoulant
Pontécoulant
Pontécoulant is located in Normandy
Pontécoulant
Pontécoulant
Coordinates: 48°52′45″N 0°35′12″W / 48.8792°N 0.5867°W / 48.8792; -0.5867
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonCondé-en-Normandie
IntercommunalityIntercom de la Vire au Noireau
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Gislaine Marie[1]
Area
1
2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
70
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14512 /14110
Elevation98–245 m (322–804 ft)
(avg. 64 m or 210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontécoulant (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tekulɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

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The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Launay and Pontécoulant.[4]

The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.[5]

The communes single watercourse is the River, La Druance.[6]

The commune is completely enclosed within the commune of Condé-en-Normandie.[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962108—    
1968125+15.7%
1975109−12.8%
1982106−2.8%
1990105−0.9%
1999108+2.9%
200893−13.9%

Points of Interest

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National heritage sites

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  • Château à Pontécoulant is a seventeenth century Chateau that is open to the public to visit, after its owners in 1908 left it to the department.[7] The chateau was listed as a Monument historique in 1927.[8]

Notable People

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Pontécoulant · 14110, France". Pontécoulant · 14110, France.
  5. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500118 - Bassin de la Druance - Description".
  6. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - la Druance (I24-0420)".
  7. ^ "Près de Condé-en-Normandie, découvrez l'histoire du château de Pontécoulant". actu.fr. 19 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Château à Pontécoulant - PA00111618 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
  9. ^ "Peers Removed from the Chamber on 24 July 1815 by King Louis XVIII". www.napoleon-series.org.
  10. ^ Pontécoulant, Gustave de (1795-1874). "Papiers de Gustave Le Doulcet (1795-1874), comte de Pontécoulant". CALAMES et Wikipedia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "CTHS - PONTÉCOULANT Adolphe Le Doulcet de, Louis Adolphe". cths.fr.