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Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais
Commune
Town hall
Location of Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais
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Coordinates: 49°01′47″N 0°25′39″W / 49.0297°N 0.4275°W / 49.0297; -0.4275
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Allain [1]
Area 1	6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	521
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14458 /14220
Elevation	15–186 m (49–610 ft) (avg. 114 m or 374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais (French pronunciation: [le mutje ɑ̃ sɛ̃ɡlɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. ^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Bagotière, L'Église, La Couture and Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais. ^[4]

The River Orne plus three streams The Neumer, The Trois Cours, and La Grande Vallee are the four watercourses running through the commune. ^[5]

Population

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Château de Villeray is an eighteenth century chateau which was listed as a monument in 2005. ^[6]

Notable People

• Jacques Le Roy Ladurie - (1902 – 1988) an agriculturalist and politician is buried here. ^[7]
• Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie - (1929 – 2023) a French historiane, was born here. ^[8]
• Roger Fauroux - (1926 - 2021) a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Industry and Regional Planning from 1988 to 1991 is buried here. ^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

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