Cresserons

Cresserons
Cresserons
Location within Lower Normandy region  Cresserons
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Douvres-la-Délivrande
Intercommunality	Cœur de Nacre
Mayor	Patrick Lhermine (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	17–59 m (56–194 ft) (avg. 30 m/98 ft)
Land area1	3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population2	1,231  (2008)
- Density	343 /km2 (890 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14197/ 14440
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″W / 49.2886111111°N 0.353333333333°W / 49.2886111111; -0.353333333333

Cresserons is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Cresserons is located just south of the beaches of Normandy. During the Battle of Normandy in World War II, British troops arrived there and a battle was fought on 7 June 1944.

Population

Historical population of Cresserons

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
578	428	614	630	641	655	605	617	624	641

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
628	601	566	531	503	500	482	450	450	470

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
420	357	347	310	365	373	420	405	393	435

1982	1990	1999	2008
785	953	1202	1231

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE