Cintheaux | |
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 A road in Cintheaux | |
 Location of Cintheaux | |
  Cintheaux  Cintheaux | |
| Coordinates:49°03′22″N0°17′27″W / 49.0561°N 0.2908°W /49.0561; -0.2908 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Le Hom |
| Intercommunality | Cingal-Suisse Normande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Marcel Jaeger[1] |
Area 1 | 7.58 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 170 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14160 /14680 |
| Elevation | 69–122 m (226–400 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cintheaux (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃to]ⓘ) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets,Robert Mesnil,Cintheaux andGaumesnil.[3] Gaumesnil was originally a separate village, now attached to Cintheaux; it has fewer than 19 residents.
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Cintheaux was devastated by Allied artillery, which sought to annihilate the12th SS Panzer Division in 1944, duringOperation Totalize.
The main town is situated around the church ofSaint-Germain, classified as anofficial French historic monument in 1895.[5] It was built around 1150 by the Marmion family;Robert Marmion offered it in patronage to the Barbery Abbey, subject to theBayeux diocese, in 1181.[6] The main (north) chapel and the cross tower, dating to the 16th century, was destroyed in 1688. The northbell tower was added in the 18th century. The church was restored between 1857 and 1902.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 190 | — |
| 1968 | 172 | −9.5% |
| 1975 | 159 | −7.6% |
| 1982 | 161 | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 172 | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 180 | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 188 | +4.4% |
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