Trois-Monts

Trois-Monts
The chapel in Trois-Monts
Location of Trois-Monts
Trois-Monts
Trois-Monts
Coordinates: 49°02′52″N 0°28′44″W / 49.0478°N 0.4789°W / 49.0478; -0.4789
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonLe Hom
CommuneMontillières-sur-Orne
Area
1
7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
427
 • Density60.7/km2 (157/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14210
Elevation12–159 m (39–522 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Trois-Monts (pronounced [tʁwɑ mɔ̃] ; French for 'three-mountains') is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Montillières-sur-Orne.[2]

The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962193—    
1968180−6.7%
1975199+10.6%
1982278+39.7%
1990314+12.9%
1999338+7.6%
2008369+9.2%

Twin towns – sister cities

Trois-Monts, along with eight other communes, Amayé-sur-Orne, Maizet, Montigny, Préaux-Bocage, Maisoncelles-sur-Ajon, Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay, Vacognes-Neuilly and Avenay, is a member of The ICL Val Orne, which has organised being twinned with:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2016, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, p. 91 (in French)
  3. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Associations et clubs – Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay".