Livarot

Livarot
Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
The church in Livarot
Coat of arms
Location of Livarot
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Coordinates: 49°00′27″N 0°09′12″E / 49.0075°N 0.1533°E / 49.0075; 0.1533
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Commune	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Area 1	12.09 km2 (4.67 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	2,022
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14140
Elevation	52–184 m (171–604 ft) (avg. 64 m or 210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Livarot (French pronunciation: [livaʁo] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.^[2]

The population is composed of 2,052 inhabitants (in 2017) and the name of its inhabitants is Livarotais.

The town is home to many companies of renown such as the Georges Leroy factory, Graindorge cheese manufacturing which produces Livarot, among others. The commune gave its name to its cheese; Livarot cheese. The La Fermière (CCLF) calvados cider is also produced in the commune.