Cresserons

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Cresserons
Cresserons
Location within Lower Normandy region [show]
Coordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″WCoordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Douvres-la-Délivrande
Intercommunality	Cœur de Nacre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Lhermine
Area1	3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,231
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	14197 / 14440
Elevation	17–59 m (56–194 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
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.

Cresserons is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy 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[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	578	—
1800	428	−26.0%
1806	614	+43.5%
1821	630	+2.6%
1831	641	+1.7%
1836	655	+2.2%
1841	605	−7.6%
1846	617	+2.0%
1851	624	+1.1%
1856	641	+2.7%
1861	628	−2.0%
1866	601	−4.3%
1872	566	−5.8%
1876	531	−6.2%
1881	503	−5.3%
1886	500	−0.6%
1891	482	−3.6%
1896	450	−6.6%
1901	450	+0.0%
1906	470	+4.4%
1911	420	−10.6%
1921	357	−15.0%
1926	347	−2.8%
1931	310	−10.7%
1936	365	+17.7%
1946	373	+2.2%
1954	420	+12.6%
1962	405	−3.6%
1968	393	−3.0%
1975	435	+10.7%
1982	785	+80.5%
1990	953	+21.4%
1999	1,202	+26.1%
2008	1,231	+2.4%
2008	1,231	+0.0%

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Calvados department