Terres de Druance

Terres de Druance (French pronunciation: [tɛʁ də dʁyɑ̃s]) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Lassy (the seat), Saint-Jean-le-Blanc and Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets.[3]

Terres de Druance
Commune
The church in Lassy
Location of Terres de Druance
Terres de Druance
Terres de Druance
Coordinates: 48°54′54″N 0°40′37″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonCondé-en-Normandie
IntercommunalityIntercom de la Vire au Noireau
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Turmel[1]
Area
1
37.19 km2 (14.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
895
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14357 /14770
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, La Moissonnière, Gournay, Terres de Druance and Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets.[5]

The River Druance and four streams, The Pres Carreaux, The Parcs, The Vaux plus the Cresme are the five watercourses flowing through the commune.[6][7][8][9]

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

Eglise Saint-Vigor de Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets is a fifteenth century Church that was classed as a Monument historique in 1928.[10]

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Terres de Druance.
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2016 (in French)
  4. "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
  5. "Terres de Druance · 14770, France". Terres de Druance · 14770, France.
  6. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - la Druance (I24-0420)".
  7. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau des Vaux (I2427000)".
  8. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de Cresme (I2429000)".
  9. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau des Parcs (I2421100)".
  10. "Eglise à Terres de Druance - PA00111724 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
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