Urville, Calvados
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Urville | |
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Commune | |
A general view of Urville | |
Location of Urville | |
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| Coordinates: 49°01′35″N 0°17′46″W / 49.0264°N 0.2961°W / 49.0264; -0.2961Coordinates: 49°01′35″N 0°17′46″W / 49.0264°N 0.2961°W / 49.0264; -0.2961 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Thury-Harcourt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2014–2020) | Nicole Goubert |
| Area 1 | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 623 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14719 /14190 |
| Elevation | 66–136 m (217–446 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Urville is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
Iron mining was an important industry in the village until 1989.[1] The village was at the head of a mineral railway linking the iron mines to the SMN steel mills.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 470 | — |
| 1968 | 484 | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 501 | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 543 | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 519 | −4.4% |
| 1999 | 478 | −7.9% |
| 2007 | 465 | −2.7% |
| 2014 | 623 | +34.0% |
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department
References
- INSEE
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