Notre-Dame-de-Courson

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Notre-Dame-de-Courson

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is located in France
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Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Administration
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Livarot
Intercommunality Pays de Livarot
Mayor Léone Vincent
(2008–2014)
Statistics
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 / 48.9917; 0.2631

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

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History

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]

Population

Historical population of Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 529 506 441 386 416 357 403

Twin towns

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the town of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.

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