Le Castelet

Le Castelet (French pronunciation: [lə kastəlɛ]) 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 Garcelles-Secqueville and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil.^[3]

Le Castelet
Commune
Location of Le Castelet
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Coordinates: 49°04′51″N 0°16′47″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florence Boulay[1]
Area 1	12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,829
• Density	145.7/km2 (377.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14554 /14540
Elevation	57–119 m (187–390 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, Garcelles-Secqueville and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil.^[4]

Sport

The commune has a 27 hole golf course, Golf de Caen Garcelles, which opened in 1989.^[5]

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique^[6]

• église Saint-Aignan de Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil thirteenth century church listed as a monument in 1927.^[7]
• Ancien château de Cramesnil former chateau listed as a monument in 1932.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department