Condé-sur-Noireau

Condé-sur-Noireau
Part of Condé-en-Normandie
Coat of arms
Location of Condé-sur-Noireau
Condé-sur-Noireau Condé-sur-Noireau
Coordinates: 48°51′N 0°33′W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Condé-en-Normandie
Commune	Condé-en-Normandie
Area 1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	4,488
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14110
Elevation	72–173 m (236–568 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Condé-sur-Noireau (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃de syʁ nwaʁo] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie. It is situated on the Noireau River. In the fifteenth century, the town was occupied by the English, and belonged to Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk (1380-1459). It was from here that the Spanish mercenary François de Surienne launched an attack on Fougères in Brittany, which triggered the invasion of English Normandy by Charles VII of France, and the end of the Hundred Years' War.

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 4,327 —     1800 3,700 −14.5% 1806 3,925 +6.1% 1821 5,436 +38.5% 1831 5,562 +2.3% 1836 6,449 +15.9% 1841 5,976 −7.3% 1846 6,355 +6.3% 1851 6,368 +0.2% 1856 6,969 +9.4% 1861 7,234 +3.8% 1866 6,643 −8.2% 1872 6,871 +3.4% 1876 7,350 +7.0% 1881 7,279 −1.0% 1886 7,252 −0.4% 1891 6,764 −6.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 6,663 −1.5% 1901 6,591 −1.1% 1906 6,247 −5.2% 1911 5,604 −10.3% 1921 5,357 −4.4% 1926 4,937 −7.8% 1931 4,852 −1.7% 1936 4,800 −1.1% 1946 3,358 −30.0% 1954 4,277 +27.4% 1962 6,231 +45.7% 1968 6,568 +5.4% 1975 7,287 +10.9% 1982 7,098 −2.6% 1990 6,309 −11.1% 1999 5,820 −7.8% 2008 5,611 −3.6%

International relations

The commune is twinned with:

• Ross-on-Wye, UK since 1978.
• Poggio Rusco, Italy since 2000.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, (Pen & Sword, 2010)