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Cormelles-le-Royal
Cormelles-le-Royal
Commune
	The town hall in Cormelles-le-Royal
	Coat of arms
	Location of Cormelles-le-Royal
	Cormelles-le-Royal Cormelles-le-Royal
	Coordinates: 49°09′17″N 0°19′45″W / 49.1547°N 0.3292°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Ifs
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Guillemin
Area 1	3.48 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,170
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14181 /14123
Elevation	13–37 m (43–121 ft) ; (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cormelles-le-Royal (French pronunciation: [kɔʁmɛl lə ʁwajal] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History

The territory of La Guérinière was formerly part of Cormelles, the northern limit of the town following the road to the oxen between the Falaise road and the path of Sente-de-Mondeville (currently boulevard de l'Avenir). The family of Guérinière owned a castle, located between the current streets of Charity, Clos-du-Monastère and the Champ-de-Foire. The castle was destroyed during the Battle of Caen. In 1875, the city of Caen bought the 27 hectares of land of the Caen riding academy, located on the grounds of the castle of Guérinière, to develop a field of maneuver for the garrisons of the city. In 1951, this territory was officially attached to the municipality of Caen.

During the Battle of Normandy, the village was fortified by the Germans, shortly before the start of operations Goodwood and Atlantic by the British and Canadians. The village was liberated on 19 July 1944 by Canadian-Scottish battalions and North Nova Scotia Highlanders belonging to the 3rd Canadian infantry division after fighting against the soldiers of the 272nd German infantry division. Three weeks later, Canadian and Polish troops gather there to launch Operation Totalize. On August 8, US aircraft bombed by mistake causing losses. Cormelles-le-Royal is decorated with the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945.^[3]^[4]

Toponymy

The name of the locality is attested in Cormellis forms around 1070 and Cormellae in 1195. The origin of the toponym is not clearly established, but Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing put forward the hypothesis of the old French corme, "sorbe" with diminutive -ella. Royal is an allusion to the privileges granted to the inhabitants of this town by Philip VI by letters patent of 22 June 1347.

During the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the commune, created from the parish of Cormelles-le-Royal took the name of Cormelles-le-Libre which was then cut short in Cormelles. The determinant "the Royal" was added again in 1969.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Geography

Cormelles-le-Royal is located in the plain of Caen, in the southern suburbs of Caen . Its center is 4.5 km from the center of the regional capital. Located in the basin of the Orne, the territory covers an area of 348 hectares and has a population of 4829 inhabitants, a density of 1387 inhabitants / km 2. The highest point (37 m ) is at the southern limit, near the southern ring road interchange. The lowest point (13 m) corresponds to the exit of the only watercourse of the municipality of the territory, to the northeast.^[8]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,862	—
1975	3,099	+7.55%
1982	3,442	+1.51%
1990	4,604	+3.70%
1999	4,599	−0.01%
2007	4,431	−0.46%
2012	4,818	+1.69%
2017	4,898	+0.33%
Source: INSEE^[9]

Administration

Mayors of Cormelles-le-Royal

From	To	Name	Party
1983	2014	Bernard Oblin	Independent
2014	2020	Jean-Marie Guillemin	Independent
2020	2026	Jean-Marie Guillemin	Independent

Twinning

Combe Martin (United Kingdom)
Röthlein (Germany)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "CADASTRE". cormellesleroyal.free.fr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^ "Cormelle-le-Royal", page 188, in the D-Day Landing Dictionary, edited by Claude Quétel, ed. West-France, 2011.
^ Ernest Negro, Toponymie générale de la France, t. 1: Preceltic, Celtic, Romance, Geneva,1998
^ Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Larousse, 1963
^ Gervais de La Rue, Essais historiques sur la ville de Caen et son arrondissement, t. 1, Rouen, 1820
^ "ViaMichelin : Itinéraires, Cartes, Info trafic, Météo et Réservation d'hôtels en France et en Europe". www.viamichelin.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE