Notre-Dame-de-Courson

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Notre-Dame-de-Courson
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Area1 19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population (2019)2 366
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14471 / 14140
Elevation 87–214 m (285–702 ft)
(avg. 113 m or 371 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.

Notre-Dame-de-Courson (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam də kuʁsɔ̃]) is a former commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[1]

History

Notre-Dame-de-Courson fell in medieval times within the barony of the Ferrers family at nearby Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, who took part of the Norman Conquest of England. One branch of the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson accompanied their Ferrers overlord to England.[2]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1962 529 —    
1968 506 −4.3%
1975 441 −12.8%
1982 386 −12.5%
1990 416 +7.8%
1999 357 −14.2%
2008 403 +12.9%

International relations

Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the village of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.

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