Country France Department Calvados Population (2008) 4,679 Area 10.92 km² | Region Normandy Canton Mézidon-Canon Time zone CET (UTC+1) Arrondissement Lisieux | |
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Mézidon-Canon is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 9 September 1972, Mézidon merged with Canon to create Mézidon-Canon. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
Map of 14270 M%C3%A9zidon-Canon, France
Canon was the site of a fortress built in 1050 by Odo (Eudes) Stigand for William the Bastard, duke of Normandy, Odo was the first baron of Mézidon and founter of the priory of St. Barbara, known as Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge.
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