Culey-le-Patry explained

Culey-le-Patry
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Culey-le-Patry (14).svg
Arrondissement:	Caen
Canton:	Le Hom
Insee:	14211
Postal Code:	14220
Mayor:	Marie-Christine Danlos^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Coordinates:	48.9519°N -0.5294°W
Elevation M:	250
Elevation Min M:	27
Elevation Max M:	277
Area Km2:	7.81

Culey-le-Patry (in French pronounced as /kylɛ lə patʁi/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[2]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Tuaudière, Mélogis, Meslier, La Vigne, Carcanet, La Trufaudière, La Cour, Le Pont, Les Caumettes and Culey-le-Patry.^[3]

The River Orne plus two streams La Vignonniere and The Herbion are the three watercourses that flow through the commune.

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• La Belle Roche a Neolithic Menhir registered as a Monument historique in 1954.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
3. Web site: Culey-le-Patry · 14220, France. Culey-le-Patry · 14220, France.
4. Web site: Menhir dit La Belle Roche à Culey-le-Patry - PA00111273. monumentum.fr.