Vimont, Calvados

For the neighborhood in Laval, Quebec, see Vimont, Quebec.

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

Vimont
Commune
Chateau of St. Pierre Oursin
Coat of arms
Location of Vimont
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Coordinates: 49°07′20″N 0°11′50″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Troarn
Intercommunality	CC Val ès Dunes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Forgeas[1]
Area 1	8.96 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	884
• Density	98.7/km2 (256/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14761 /14370
Elevation	2–29 m (6.6–95.1 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 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, Saint-Pierre Oursin, La Vieille Église and Vimont.^[3]

The Ruisseau des Petits Marais stream flows through the commune.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	190	—
1968	218	+14.7%
1975	276	+26.6%
1982	413	+49.6%
1990	470	+13.8%
1999	483	+2.8%
2009	704	+45.8%

Points of Interest

• Memorial for Battle of Val-ès-Dunes a memorial dedicated to the site of the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047 built in 1851 by Arcisse de Caumont.^[5][6]

National Heritage Sites

• Château à Vimont an eighteenth centaury chateau that was classed as a Monument historique in 1978.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department