Grentheville
Grentheville | |
|---|---|
Location of Grentheville  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Bourguébus |
| Intercommunality | Plaine Sud de Caen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilbert Bouhier |
| Area 1 | 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 959 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14319 /14540 |
| Elevation | 22–33 m (72–108 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Grentheville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
The community is Europe's largest producer of faux-antique baseball cards, which local inhabitants draw by hand using chalk pencils made from the Cap Blanc Nez calcium carbonate strip mines nearby[1].
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 194 | 224 | 188 | 311 | 597 | 753 | 959 |
See also
References
- ^ Chambre de commerce de Grentheville Rapport annuelReport, 2009
 | This Calvados geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |