La Pommeraye, Calvados

La Pommeraye (French pronunciation: [la pɔmʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

La Pommeraye
Commune
Chateau
Location of La Pommeraye
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Coordinates: 48°54′33″N 0°25′13″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Clémentine Mouchel[1]
Area 1	2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	66
• Density	24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14510 /14690
Elevation	117–294 m (384–965 ft) (avg. 306 m or 1,004 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 part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Guérardière and La Pommeraye.^[4]

The commune has a single watercourse running throughs its borders, The Orival stream.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	73	—
1968	74	+1.4%
1975	57	−23.0%
1982	56	−1.8%
1990	49	−12.5%
1999	51	+4.1%
2008	41	−19.6%

Points of interest

• Théâtre équestre de la Pommeraye is a theatre that has been open since 2018 which is dedicated to mixing performing arts with equestrian arts.^[5][6]

National heritage sites

• Château Ganne is the remains of an eleventh century castle, that was listed as a Monument historique in 2000.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department