Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Notre-Dame-de-Courson | |
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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge | |
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Location of Notre-Dame-de-Courson | |
  Notre-Dame-de-Courson Location within France  Notre-Dame-de-Courson Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°59′30″N 0°15′47″E / 48.9917°N 0.2631°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
| Commune | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
Area 1 | 19.40 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 353 |
| • Density | 18.2/km2 (47.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14140 |
| Elevation | 87–214 m (285–702 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Notre-Dame-de-Courson (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam də kuʁsɔ̃] ⓘ) is a former commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[2]
History
Notre-Dame-de-Courson fell in medieval times within the barony of the Ferrers family at nearby Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, who took part of the Norman Conquest of England. One branch of the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson accompanied their Ferrers overlord to England.[3]
International relations
Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the village of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.
See also
References
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (in French)
- ↑ The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, David C. Douglas, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951
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