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Orbec

Coordinates: 49°01′20″N 0°24′27″E / 49.0222°N 0.4075°E

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Orbec
Commune
The church in Orbec
Coat of arms
Location of Orbec
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Coordinates: 49°01′20″N 0°24′27″E / 49.0222°N 0.4075°E / 49.0222; 0.4075
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Intercommunality	CA Lisieux Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Étienne Cool^[1]
Area ¹	10.14 km² (3.92 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,950
• Density	190/km² (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14478 /14290
Elevation	90–193 m (295–633 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orbec (French pronunciation: [ɔʁbɛk] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,862	—
1968	3,211	+12.2%
1975	3,363	+4.7%
1982	2,832	−15.8%
1990	2,642	−6.7%
1999	2,564	−3.0%
2008	2,384	−7.0%

International relations

Orbec is twinned with:

Kingsteignton UK since 1979
Frammersbach (Germany) since 1987

See also

Communes of the Calvados department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

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Communes of the Calvados department

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