Grainville-sur-Odon
Grainville-sur-Odon | |
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 The town hall in Grainville-sur-Odon | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Grainville-sur-Odon | |
  Grainville-sur-Odon Location within France  Grainville-sur-Odon Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 49°08′20″N 0°31′42″W / 49.1389°N 0.5283°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Évrecy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Emmanuel Maurice[1] |
Area 1 | 5.26 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,105 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (544/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14311 /14210 |
| Elevation | 46–119 m (151–390 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Grainville-sur-Odon (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛ̃vil syʁ ɔdɔ̃] ⓘ, literally Grainville on Odon) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Belleval, Grainville-sur-Odon, Le Valtru and Cayer.[3]
The river Odon flows through the commune.[4] In addition a stream the Ruisseau de Sabley traverses the commune.[5]
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 226 | — |
| 1975 | 281 | +3.16% |
| 1982 | 674 | +13.31% |
| 1990 | 779 | +1.83% |
| 1999 | 967 | +2.43% |
| 2007 | 1,003 | +0.46% |
| 2012 | 955 | −0.98% |
| 2017 | 1,037 | +1.66% |
| 2023 | 1,105 | +1.06% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Twin towns – sister cities
Grainville-sur-Odon is twinned with:[7]
Unterpleichfeld, Germany since 1993 - Shared with two other communes Thue et Mue & Saint-Manvieu-Norrey
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Grainville-sur-Odon · France". Grainville-sur-Odon · France.
- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Odon (I26-0400)" (in French). Sandre.
- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de Sabley (I2649000)" (in French). Sandre.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ "On prépare les 20 ans du jumelage avec Unterpleichfeld". Ouest-France (in French). Ouest-France. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
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