Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais

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Commune in Normandy, France

Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais
Commune
Town hall
Location of Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais
(2020–2026)		Gérard Allain^[1]
Area ¹	6.75 km² (2.61 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	521
• Density	77/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14458 /14220
Elevation	15–186 m (49–610 ft) (avg. 114 m or 374 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais (French pronunciation: [le mutje ɑ̃ sɛ̃ɡlɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Calvados 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 Bagotière, L'Église, La Couture and Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais.^[4]

The River Orne plus three streams The Neumer, The Trois Cours, and La Grande Vallee are the four watercourses running through the commune.^[5]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	231	—
1968	232	+0.4%
1975	252	+8.6%
1982	315	+25.0%
1990	350	+11.1%
1999	350	+0.0%
2008	417	+19.1%

Points of interest

National heritage sites

Château de Villeray is an eighteenth century chateau which was listed as a monument in 2005.^[6]

Notable People

Jacques Le Roy Ladurie - (1902 – 1988) an agriculturalist and politician is buried here.^[7]
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie - (1929 – 2023) a French historiane, was born here.^[8]
Roger Fauroux - (1926 - 2021) a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Industry and Regional Planning from 1988 to 1991 is buried here.^[9]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais · 14220, France". Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais · 14220, France.
^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
^ "Château de Villeray aux Moutiers-en-Cinglais - PA14000056". monumentum.fr.
^ "Jacques Le Roy Ladurie (1902-1988) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
^ "Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, historian of the downtrodden, dies at 94". The Washington Post.
^ "2021 - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs". www.landrucimetieres.fr.