Saint-Germain-de-Livet

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Commune in Normandy, France

Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Commune
Chateau St. Germain de Livet
Location of Saint-Germain-de-Livet
(2020–2026)		Jean-Louis Servy^[1]
Area ¹	16.41 km² (6.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	708
• Density	43/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14582 /14100
Elevation	53–182 m (174–597 ft) (avg. 164 m or 538 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Germain-de-Livet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ də livɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune south of Lisieux in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History

The famous chateau at Saint-Germain-de-Livet, now open to the public, was built by the Tournebu (later Tournebu-de-Livet) family between 1561 and 1578.^[3]^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	559	—
1968	498	−10.9%
1975	589	+18.3%
1982	631	+7.1%
1990	598	−5.2%
1999	581	−2.8%
2008	803	+38.2%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Statistique monumentale du Calvados, Arcisse Caumont, Caen, Paris, 1867
^ Tourebu versus Foucault, Buying Titles of Nobility in France, heraldica.org