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Mézidon-Canon
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Mézidon-Canon () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
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Mézidon-Canon was a commune in France, situated in the Calvados department within the arrondissement of Lisieux. Established on September 1, 1972, it served as the capital of the canton of Mézidon Vallée d'Auge. The municipality covered an area of 10.92 square kilometers and had a population of 9,932. It shared borders with Magny-la-Campagne, Magny-le-Freule, Le Mesnil-Mauger, and Ouézy.
The commune was located at an elevation of 72 meters above sea level. Its postal code was 14270. Mézidon-Canon was twinned with Gronau (Leine). The administrative entity was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and was subsequently replaced by Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Mézidon-Canon
- French commune.image
- Chateau de canon XVIIe 1.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Chateau of Canon
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Mézidon-Canon.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lisieux
- French commune.canton
- Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
- French commune.INSEE
- 14431
- French commune.postal code
- 14270
- French commune.commune
- Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
- French commune.elevation m
- 20
- French commune.elevation min m
- 9
- French commune.elevation max m
- 72
- French commune.area km2
- 10.92
- French commune.population
- 4683
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Mézidon-Canon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lisieux
- Population
- 4972
- Area
- 10.92
- Elevation
- 72
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vieux-Fumé
- Image
- Mézidon-Canon grange aux dîmes 01.JPG
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- Commons category
- Mézidon-Canon
- postal code
- 14270
- replaced by
- Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
- twinned administrative body
- Gronau (Leine)
- inception
- 1972-09-01
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Mézidon-Canon () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
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 founder of the priory of St. Barbara, known as Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mézidon-Canon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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