Grentheville
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Bourguébus |
| Intercommunality | Plaine Sud de Caen |
| Mayor | Gilbert Bouhier (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 22–33 m (72–108 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| Land area1 | 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 959 (2008) |
| - Density | 235 /km2 (610 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14319/ 14540 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 49°08′57″N 0°17′09″W / 49.1492°N 0.2858°W
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Grentheville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The community is Europe's largest producer of faux-antique baseball cards, which local inhabitants draw by hand using chalk pencils made from the Cap Blanc Nez calcium carbonate strip mines nearby[1].
[edit] Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 194 | 224 | 188 | 311 | 597 | 753 | 959 |
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