Notre-Dame-de-Courson explained

Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Arrondissement:Lisieux
Canton:Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Insee:14471
Postal Code:14140
Commune:Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Coordinates:48.9917°N 0.2631°W
Elevation M:113
Elevation Min M:87
Elevation Max M:214
Area Km2:19.40
Population:366
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Notre-Dame-de-Courson (in French pronounced as /nɔtʁə dam də kuʁsɔ̃/) is a former commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[2]

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.[3]

International relations

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/24/INTB1600786A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=2J5rkqos7wAC&dq=the+origins+of+some+anglo-norman+families+livet&pg=PA42 The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, David C. Douglas, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951