Mézidon-Canon

Mézidon-Canon
Chateau of Canon Chateau of Canon
Coat of arms of Mézidon-Canon Coat of arms
Mézidon-Canon
Location within Lower Normandy region Mézidon-Canon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Mézidon-Canon
Intercommunality	Vallée d'Auge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Aubey
Area1	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,679
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14431 / 14270
Elevation	9–72 m (30–236 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

Mézidon-Canon is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France. On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon.

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 founter of the priory of St. Barbara, known as Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	4,391	—
1968	4,427	+0.8%
1975	4,123	−6.9%
1982	4,571	+10.9%
1990	4,622	+1.1%
1999	4,713	+2.0%
2008	4,679	−0.7%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE