Castillon, Calvados
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| Coordinates: 49°12′13″N 0°47′45″W / 49.2036°N 0.7958°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexandre Chicot[1] |
Area 1 | 11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 368 |
| • Density | 33.4/km2 (86.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14140 /14490 |
| Elevation | 39–132 m (128–433 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. | |
Castillon (French pronunciation: [kastijɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]In 2010, the climate of the commune was a Type 5, according to a CNRS study based on a series of data covering the period 1971–2000.[3] In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is exposed to an oceanic climate and is in the Normandy (Cotentin, Orne) climatic region, characterized by relatively high rainfall (850 mm/a) and a cool (15.5 °C) and windy summer.[4]
For 1971–2000, the mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C, with an annual temperature range of 11.8 °C. The average annual rainfall total is 832 mm, with 13 days of precipitation in January and 8.2 days in July.[3] For 1991–2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Balleroy-sur-Drôme, 4 km away per great-circle navigation,[5] is 11.2°C and the mean annual precipitation total is 924.3 mm.[6][7] For the future, the municipality's climate parameters estimated for 2050 according to different greenhouse gas emission scenarios can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[8]
Urban planning
[edit]Typology
[edit]As of 1 January 2024, Castillon is categorised as a rural commune with a very dispersed population, according to the new 7-level municipal density grid defined by INSEE in 2022.[9] It is located outside the urban unit[10] and outside the attraction of cities.[11][12]
Land use
[edit]The land use of the municipality, as shown by the European biophysical land cover database Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of agricultural land (99.6% in 2018), a proportion identical to that of 1990 (99.6%). The detailed distribution in 2018 is as follows: meadows (48.3%), arable land (31.2%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (20%), forests (0.3%), mines, landfills and construction sites (0.1%). The evolution of the land use of the commune and its infrastructures can be observed on the various cartographic representations of the territory: the Cassini map (18th century), the staff map (1820-1866) and the IGN maps or aerial photos for the current period (1950 to today).
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 331 | — |
| 1968 | 325 | −1.8% |
| 1975 | 298 | −8.3% |
| 1982 | 294 | −1.3% |
| 1990 | 284 | −3.4% |
| 1999 | 308 | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 302 | −1.9% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Joly, Daniel; Brossard, Thierry; Cardot, Hervé; Cavailhes, Jean; Hilal, Mohamed; Wavresky, Pierre (18 June 2010). "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale". Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography (in French). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155. ISSN 1278-3366.
- ^ "Un peu de géographie". pluiesextremes.meteo.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Distance between Castillon and Balleroy-sur-Drôme". fr.distance.to (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1991−2020 et records" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Fiche du Poste 14727001" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "CLIMADIAG COMMUNE par Météo-France". meteofrance.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "La grille de densité 2022". Insee. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Commune de Castillon". Insee. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020". Insee. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ de Bellefon, Marie-Pierre; Eusebio, Pascal; Forest, Jocelyn; Pégaz-Blanc, Olivier; Warnod, Raymond (21 October 2020). "En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville". Insee. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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