Cresserons

Cresserons
Cresserons

Coordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″W / 49.2886°N 0.3533°WCoordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″W / 49.2886°N 0.3533°W
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Douvres-la-Délivrande
Intercommunality Cœur de Nacre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrick Lhermine
Area1 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,231
 • Density 340/km2 (890/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14197 / 14440
Elevation 17–59 m (56–194 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cresserons is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Cresserons is located just south of the beaches of Normandy. During the Battle of Normandy in World War II, British troops arrived there and a battle was fought on 7 June 1944.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793578—    
1800428−26.0%
1806614+43.5%
1821630+2.6%
1831641+1.7%
1836655+2.2%
1841605−7.6%
1846617+2.0%
1851624+1.1%
1856641+2.7%
1861628−2.0%
1866601−4.3%
1872566−5.8%
1876531−6.2%
1881503−5.3%
1886500−0.6%
1891482−3.6%
1896450−6.6%
1901450+0.0%
1906470+4.4%
1911420−10.6%
1921357−15.0%
1926347−2.8%
1931310−10.7%
1936365+17.7%
1946373+2.2%
1954420+12.6%
1962405−3.6%
1968393−3.0%
1975435+10.7%
1982785+80.5%
1990953+21.4%
19991,202+26.1%
20081,231+2.4%
20081,231+0.0%

See also

References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cresserons.