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Administration
Airan
Airan
Location within Lower Normandy region Airan
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Bouguébus
Mayor	Patrice Martin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	22–64 m (72–210 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
Land area¹	13.5 km² (5.2 sq mi)
Population²	620 (2008)
- Density	46 /km² (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14005/ 14370
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°06′07″N 0°09′02″W / 49.1019°N 0.1506°W / 49.1019; -0.1506

Airan is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Contents

1 Monuments
2 Population
3 See also
4 References

Monuments

A tower ruins is located in a hamlet close to Airan. An old legend says that a secret way connects this tower to the church of Airan, and that the gold bell of this church is hidden in this passage. Many people tried to find it, but no one has succeeded yet.

Population

Historical population of Airan
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	404	358	437	662	740	696	620

References

INSEE

Communes of the Calvados department

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