Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Caen |
Canton: | Falaise |
Insee: | 14501 |
Postal Code: | 14690 |
Mayor: | Samuel Courvallet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Falaise |
Coordinates: | 48.9039°N -0.3867°W |
Elevation M: | 245 |
Elevation Min M: | 43 |
Elevation Max M: | 300 |
Area Km2: | 10.72 |
Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais (in French pronounced as /pjɛʁfit ɑ̃ sɛ̃ɡlɛ/) 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, La Boissaye, Le Tilleul and Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais.[3]
The commune has six streams running through it The Langot, The Grand Etang, The Orival, The Val la Here, La Mesliere and La Vallee des Vaux.
The town lies 13 miles from the foot of the hill St. Clair, which rises to 306 meters.