Mézidon-Canon Explained

Mézidon-Canon
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Mézidon-Canon.svg
Arrondissement:Lisieux
Canton:Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
Insee:14431
Postal Code:14270
Commune:Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
Coordinates:49.0736°N -0.07°W
Elevation M:20
Elevation Min M:9
Elevation Max M:72
Area Km2:10.92
Population:4779
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Mézidon-Canon (in French pronounced as /mezidɔ̃ kanɔ̃/) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.[2]

Canon was the site of a fortress built in 1050 by Odo (Eudes) Stigand for William the Bastard, duke of Normandy, Odo was the first baron of Mézidon and founder of the priory of St. Barbara, known as Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge.

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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/2016/9/16/INTB1629567A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral