Le Détroit | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Le Détroit (Calvados).svg |
Arrondissement: | Caen |
Canton: | Falaise |
Insee: | 14223 |
Postal Code: | 14690 |
Mayor: | Gilbert Dufay[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Falaise |
Coordinates: | 48.8678°N -0.3489°W |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Elevation Min M: | 89 |
Elevation Max M: | 251 |
Area Km2: | 5.52 |
Le Détroit (in French pronounced as /lə detʁwa/, literally "The Strait") is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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, Le Beau du Douit, Les Noës du Fay and Le Détroit.[3]
The commune has six streams running through it The Val la Here, La Boullonniere, The Val d'Anis and The Val Corbel.