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Calvados | |
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Coordinates: 49°02′N 0°15′E / 49.033°N 0.250°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Prefecture | Caen |
Subprefectures | Bayeux Lisieux Vire-Normandie |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Léonce Dupont[1] (New Centre) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,535 km2 (2,137 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 700,633 |
• Rank | 34th |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-14 |
Department number | 14 |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 25 |
Communes | 528 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Calvados (UK: /ˈkælvədɒs/, US: /-doʊs, ˌkælvəˈdoʊs, ˌkɑːlvəˈ-/, French: [kalvados] )[needs Norman IPA] is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.[3] It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905.[4]