Castillon, Calvados

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

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Castillon
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°12′13″N 0°47′45″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Intercommunality	CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alexandre Chicot^[1]
Area ¹	11.02 km² (4.25 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	368
• Density	33.4/km² (86.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14140 /14490
Elevation	39–132 m (128–433 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

In 2010, the climate of the commune was a Type 5, according to a CNRS study based on a series of data covering the period 1971–2000.^[3] In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is exposed to an oceanic climate and is in the Normandy (Cotentin, Orne) climatic region, characterized by relatively high rainfall (850 mm/a) and a cool (15.5 °C) and windy summer.^[4]

For 1971–2000, the mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C, with an annual temperature range of 11.8 °C. The average annual rainfall total is 832 mm, with 13 days of precipitation in January and 8.2 days in July.^[3] For 1991–2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Balleroy-sur-Drôme, 4 km away per great-circle navigation,^[5] is 11.2°C and the mean annual precipitation total is 924.3 mm.^[6]^[7] For the future, the municipality's climate parameters estimated for 2050 according to different greenhouse gas emission scenarios can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.^[8]

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Urban planning

Typology

As of 1 January 2024, Castillon is categorised as a rural commune with a very dispersed population, according to the new 7-level municipal density grid defined by INSEE in 2022.^[9] It is located outside the urban unit^[10] and outside the attraction of cities.^[11]^[12]

Land use

The land use of the municipality, as shown by the European biophysical land cover database Corine Land Cover [fr] (CLC), is marked by the importance of agricultural land (99.6% in 2018), a proportion identical to that of 1990 (99.6%). The detailed distribution in 2018 is as follows: meadows (48.3%), arable land (31.2%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (20%), forests (0.3%), mines, landfills and construction sites (0.1%). The evolution of the land use of the commune and its infrastructures can be observed on the various cartographic representations of the territory: the Cassini map (18th century), the staff map [fr] (1820-1866) and the IGN maps or aerial photos for the current period (1950 to today).

Thumb — Map of the municipality's infrastructure and land use in 2018 (CLC).

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Population

More information Year, Pop. ...

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	331	—
1968	325	−1.8%
1975	298	−8.3%
1982	294	−1.3%
1990	284	−3.4%
1999	308	+8.5%
2008	302	−1.9%