Bretteville-sur-Odon
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The Odon river at Bretteville-sur-Odon | |
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Bretteville-sur-Odon Bretteville-sur-Odon | |
| Coordinates: 49°10′14″N 0°24′46″W / 49.1706°N 0.4128°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Caen-1 |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Lecaplain[1] |
Area 1 | 6.46 km2 (2.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,494 |
| • Density | 696/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14101 /14760 |
| Elevation | 5–72 m (16–236 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bretteville-sur-Odon (French pronunciation: [bʁɛtvil syʁ ɔdɔ̃] ⓘ, literally Bretteville on Odon) is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It lies on the river Odon, about 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Caen.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Baulue and Louvigny.[3]
The river Odon is the only watercourse to flow through the commune.[4]
Population
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Points of Interest
- Parc Festyland - A theme park that has been on the commune and open to the public since 1989.[7]
Museums
- D-Day Wings Museum - museum in Normandy devoted to D-Day aircraft and air operations.[8] The museum is based in a hanger originally built in 1937, located in a former french air base, that was used by the Luftwaffe.[9]
National Heritage Sites
The commune has three sites listed as a Monument historique.[10]
- Bell tower a fourteenth centaury Belltower, belonging to the former Church of Notre-Dame, listed as a monument in 1927.[11]
- Former farm of the Old Bell Tower a former seventeenth centaury farm house, which was listed as a monument in 2004.[12]
- Former manor of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, called the Ferme de la Baronnerie, it is a thirteenth centaury manor house listed as a monument in 1990.[13]
Twin towns – sister cities
Argentan is twinned with:[14][15][16]
- Woodbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Since 1978
- Glattbach, Germany, since 1987
- Ouonck, Sénégal since 1997
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Bretteville-sur-Odon · France". Bretteville-sur-Odon · France.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Odon (I26-0400)".
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bretteville-sur-Odon, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ "Alexandre LAIR de Festyland".
- ^ "D-Day Wings Museum - BRETTEVILLE-SUR-ODON".
- ^ "D-Day Wings Museum in BRETTEVILLE-SUR-ODON - Normandy Pays d'Auge tourism".
- ^ "Les Monuments Historiques en Calvados - 14 - Monumentum". monumentum.fr.
- ^ "Eglise à Bretteville-sur-Odon - PA00111118". Monumentum.
- ^ "Ancienne ferme de Than ou ferme du Vieux Clocher à Bretteville-sur-Odon - PA14000047". Monumentum.
- ^ "Ancien manoir de l'abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, dit Ferme de la Baronnerie à Bretteville-sur-Odon - PA00111825". Monumentum.
- ^ "Jumelage Woodbury".
- ^ "Jumelage Glattbach".
- ^ "Jumelage Ouonck".
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