Ifs, Calvados

For other uses of "Ifs", see IFS (disambiguation).

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

Ifs
Commune
Town Hall
Location of Ifs
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Coordinates: 49°08′20″N 0°21′07″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Ifs
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Patard-Legendre[1]
Area 1	9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	11,868
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14341 /14123
Elevation	19–61 m (62–200 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,681	—
1975	4,574	+7.93%
1982	5,635	+3.02%
1990	6,974	+2.70%
1999	9,208	+3.14%
2007	10,738	+1.94%
2012	11,450	+1.29%
2017	11,766	+0.55%
Source: INSEE[3]

Administration

Mayors of Ifs

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2008	Raymond Slama	PS
2008	2014	Jean-Paul Gauchard	DVG
2014	Current	Michel Patard-Legendre	LR

International relations

Ifs is twinned with:

• Ilfracombe, Devon, England
• Niederwerrn, Germany

Notable people

• Robert Tournières (1668-1752), portrait painter, pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud
• Sabine Devieilhe (b. 1985), operatic soprano

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department