Balleroy

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Coordinates: 49°10′53″N 0°50′13″W / 49.18138, -0.83694

Commune of Balleroy Chateau de Balleroy

Location
Balleroy (France)
Balleroy
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Balleroy
Intercommunality Balleroy Le Molay-Littry
Statistics
Elevation 49 m–131 m
(avg. 110 m)
Land area¹ 4.23 km²
Population²
(1999)
787
 - Density 186/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 14035/ 14490
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Balleroy is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its inhabitants are called Biardais.

[edit] Administration

Balleroy is part of the Communauté de communes Intercom Balleroy Le Molay-Littry, which includes 22 communes and has its seat in Le Molay-Littry.

Balleroy is the chief town of the canton of Balleroy, which is made up of 22 communes.

[edit] Hot air balloons

Each year a gathering of hot air balloon took place at the Chateau de Balleroy, the work of François Mansart. This gathering took place for the last time in 1999, when Malcolm Forbes, the chateau's owner, would have celebrated his 80th birthday.

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