Cordey | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Caen |
Canton: | Falaise |
Insee: | 14180 |
Postal Code: | 14700 |
Mayor: | Roger Bisson[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Falaise |
Coordinates: | 48.8514°N -0.2275°W |
Elevation M: | 183 |
Elevation Min M: | 142 |
Elevation Max M: | 229 |
Area Km2: | 4.52 |
Cordey (in French pronounced as /kɔʁdɛ/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
The commune of Cordey is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[2]
The river Baize runs through the commune, along with three of its tributaries, Bilaine and Ruisseau du Val
To the North of the village is an old quarry that is registered as a Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique.[3] The Quarry contains the only known population of Polytrichum pallidisetum, a type of Hair cap moss, in Lower Normandy and the rare reindeer cup lichen[4]