Fontaine-Henry

Fontaine-Henry
Commune
The chateau of Fontaine-Henry

Coat of arms
Fontaine-Henry
Location within Normandy region
Fontaine-Henry
Coordinates: 49°16′40″N 0°27′15″W / 49.2778°N 0.4542°W / 49.2778; -0.4542Coordinates: 49°16′40″N 0°27′15″W / 49.2778°N 0.4542°W / 49.2778; -0.4542
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Bayeux
Canton Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse
Intercommunality Orival
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Philippe Caillère
Area1 5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 476
  Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 14275 /14610
Elevation 7–58 m (23–190 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontaine-Henry is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France.

The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England. The château is still lived in by the descendants of its early owners, the comte and comtesse de Olliamson.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962341    
1968370+8.5%
1975364−1.6%
1982348−4.4%
1990448+28.7%
1999517+15.4%
2008476−7.9%

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