Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais

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Commune in Normandy, France

Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais
Commune
The church in Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais
Location of Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais
(2020–2026)		Samuel Courvallet^[1]
Area ¹	10.72 km² (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	240
• Density	22/km² (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14501 /14690
Elevation	43–300 m (141–984 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁfit ɑ̃ sɛ̃ɡlɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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 Boissaye, Le Tilleul and Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais.^[4]

The commune has six streams running through it The Langot, The Grand Etang, The Orival, The Val la Here, La Mesliere and La Vallee des Vaux.

The town lies 13 miles from the foot of the hill St. Clair, which rises to 306 meters.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	301	—
1968	305	+1.3%
1975	279	−8.5%
1982	285	+2.2%
1990	237	−16.8%
1999	233	−1.7%
2008	250	+7.3%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais · 14690, France". Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais · 14690, France.