Vicques, Calvados

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

Vicques
Commune
The church in Vicques
Location of Vicques
Vicques Show map of France Vicques Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°56′56″N 0°04′32″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Leboucq[1]
Area 1	2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	69
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14742 /14170
Elevation	33–64 m (108–210 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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, Vicquette and Vicques.^[3]

The Dives is the only river running through the commune.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	80	—
1968	60	−25.0%
1975	53	−11.7%
1982	53	+0.0%
1990	63	+18.9%
1999	50	−20.6%
2008	51	+2.0%

Points of Interest

• Château à Vicques - a sixteenth centaury Château built on the site of a twelfth centaury castle that was listed as a Monument historique in 1975.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department