Mézidon-Canon

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Coordinates: 49°04′25″N 0°04′12″W / 49.0736111111°N 0.07°W / 49.0736111111; -0.07

Commune of Mézidon-Canon

Location
Mézidon-Canon is located in France
Mézidon-Canon
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Mézidon-Canon (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Auge
Mayor François Aubey
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 9–72 m (30–240 ft)
(avg. 20 m/66 ft)
Land area1 10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population2 4,688  (2006)
 - Density 429 /km2 (1,110 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 14431/ 14270
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: 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 northern France.

Its postal code is 14270. The INSEE code is 14420.

[edit] History

On 9 September 1972, Mézidon amalgamated with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon.

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