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Notre-Dame-de-Courson |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Livarot |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Livarot |
| Mayor | Léone Vincent (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 87–214 m (285–702 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 ft) |
| Land area1 | 19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 403 (2008) |
| - Density | 21 /km2 (54 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14471/ 14140 |
| 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: 48°59′30″N 0°15′47″E / 48.9917°N 0.2631°E
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Notre-Dame-de-Courson is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
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Notre-Dame-de-Courson fell in medieval times within the barony of the Ferrers family at nearby Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, who took part of the Norman Conquest of England. One branch of the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson accompanied their Ferrers overlord to England.[1]
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 529 | 506 | 441 | 386 | 416 | 357 | 403 |
Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the town of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.
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