Croisilles, Calvados

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

Croisilles
Commune
Town hall
Location of Croisilles
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Coordinates: 48°59′54″N 0°26′35″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Élisabeth Mailloux[1]
Area 1	10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	646
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14207 /14220
Elevation	16–182 m (52–597 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The mother of explorer Dumont D'Urville was born in Croisilles. He named an inlet of New Zealand's coast Croisilles Harbour after the village.^[3]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[4]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Breuil, L'Église, La Vallée and Croisilles.^[5]

The River Orne plus five streams The Traspy, The Aunay Douffieres, The Trois Cours, The Neumer and the Pont de Combray are the main watercourses running through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	303	—
1968	279	−7.9%
1975	318	+14.0%
1982	324	+1.9%
1990	393	+21.3%
1999	404	+2.8%
2009	488	+20.8%

Points of interest

National heritage sites

• Saint-Martin Church is a thirteenth century church which was listed as a Monument historique in 1933.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department