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Calvados (depairtment)

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Calvados
Prefectur biggin o the Calvados depairtment, in Caen
Prefectur biggin o the Calvados depairtment, in Caen
Banner o Calvados
Banner
Coat of airms o Calvados
Coat airms
Location o Calvados in Fraunce
Location o Calvados in Fraunce
Coordinates: 49°02′N 0°15′E / 49.033°N 0.250°E / 49.033; 0.250Coordinates: 49°02′N 0°15′E / 49.033°N 0.250°E / 49.033; 0.250
KintraFraunce
RegionNormandy
PrefecturCaen
SubprefectursBayeux
Lisieux
Vire
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilAnne d'Ornano (Miscellaneous Right-wing)
Area
 • Total5548 km2 (2,142 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total685 262
 • Rank34t
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer14
Arrondissements4
Cantons25
Communes705
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2

Calvados (French pronunciation: ​[kal.va.dos]; Inglis /ˈkælvəds/) is a depairtment in the Lawer Normandy region in northwastren Fraunce.[1]

References

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  1.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Calvados" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |HIDE_PARAMETER15=, |HIDE_PARAMETER13=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14c=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14=, |HIDE_PARAMETER9=, |HIDE_PARAMETER3=, |HIDE_PARAMETER1=, |HIDE_PARAMETER4=, |HIDE_PARAMETER2=, |HIDE_PARAMETER8=, |HIDE_PARAMETER20=, |HIDE_PARAMETER5=, |HIDE_PARAMETER7=, |HIDE_PARAMETER10=, |separator=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14b=, |HIDE_PARAMETER6=, |HIDE_PARAMETER11=, and |HIDE_PARAMETER12= (help)