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Terres de Druance
The church in Lassy
The church in Lassy
Terres de Druance is located in France
Terres de Druance
Terres de Druance
Location in France
Terres de Druance is located in Normandy
Terres de Druance
Terres de Druance
Location in Normandy
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Condé-en-Normandie
Intercommunality Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Area
1
37.19 km2 (14.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
895
 • Density 24.066/km2 (62.33/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14357 /14770
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Terres de Druance (French pronunciation: [tɛʁ də dʁyɑ̃s]) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Lassy (the seat), Saint-Jean-le-Blanc and Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, La Moissonnière, Gournay, Terres de Druance and Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets.

The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.

The River Druance and four streams, The Pres Carreaux, The Parcs, The Vaux plus the Cresme are the five watercourses flowing through the commune.

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

Eglise Saint-Vigor de Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets is a fifteenth century Church that was classed as a Monument historique in 1928.

See also

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