Cormeilles, Eure

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Coordinates: 49°14′55″N 0°22′43″E / 49.24861, 0.37861

Commune of Cormeilles Main square of Cormeilles
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Haute-Normandie
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Cormeilles (chief town)
Mayor	Bertauld Max (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	59 m–151 m (avg. 67 m)
Land area¹	3.05 km²
Population² (1999)	1,191
- Density	390/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	27170/ 27260
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.

Cormeilles is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Eure département, in the Haute-Normandie région, in France. The inhabitants are called Cormeillais sing., Cormeillaise pl..

[edit] Geography

Cormeilles is located in the northwestern part of the Eure département, on the Calonne, a stream which empties into the Touques. It does not fall into the watershed of the Seine. It is part of the Pays d'Auge.

[edit] Miscellaneous

This small town is typically Norman. The largest distillery of Calvados in Normandy is located in Cormeilles.

Cormeilles is twinned with Chepstow, and has been since 1975.

The Chepstow Musical Youth Theatre recently performed West Side Story as part of a foreign exchange trip in Cormeilles which was well received.

[edit] External links

• Gazetteer Entry

Coordinates: 49°15′N, 0°23′E