Coordinates: 49°03′22″N 0°17′27″W / 49.0561111111°N 0.290833333333°W
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Commune of Cintheaux |
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Cintheaux
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Bretteville-sur-Laize |
| Intercommunality | Cingal |
| Mayor | Michel Le Baron (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 69–122 m (230–400 ft) (avg. 118 m/390 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.58 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 180 (1999) |
| - Density | 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 14160/ 14680 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cintheaux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France. It has approximately 180 residents. Its mayor, since 1977, is Michel Le Baron.
The commune is located between Caen and Falaise and is the home to the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Cintheaux is composed of groups of houses. At the east, most houses are built on the edge of the road and two hamlets are out in the open there. The main city is situated to the west, surrounding the church; the hamlet of Gaumesnil is to the north-west. Gaumesnil was original a separate village, now attached to Cintheaux; it has fewer than 19 residents.
The main town is situated around the Church of Saint-Germain, classified as an official French historic monument. It was built around 1150 by the Marmion family; Robert Marmion offered it in patronage to the Barbery Abbey, subject to the Bayeux diocese, in 1181. The main (north) chapel and the cross tower, dating to the 16th century, was destroyed in 1688. The north bell tower was added in the 18th century. The church was restored between 1857 and 1902.
Cintheaux was devasted by American artillery, which sought to annihilate the 12th SS Panzer Division in 1944, during Operation Totalize.
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