Castine-en-Plaine

Castine-en-Plaine (French pronunciation: [kastin ɑ̃ plɛn], literally Limestone in Plain) is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Hubert-Folie, Rocquancourt and Tilly-la-Campagne.^[3]

Castine-en-Plaine
Commune
Location of Castine-en-Plaine
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Coordinates: 49°05′43″N 0°19′16″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florence Bouchard[1]
Area 1	8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,758
• Density	214/km2 (553/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14538 /14540
Elevation	29–92 m (95–302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Hubert-Folie, Rocquancourt and Castine-en-Plaine.^[4]

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

• Église Notre-Dame twelfth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1932.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department