Castillon, Calvados
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Castillon (Template:IPA) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
Climate
In 2010, the climate of the commune was a Type 5, according to a CNRS study based on a series of data covering the period 1971–2000.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is exposed to an oceanic climate and is in the Normandy (Cotentin, Orne) climatic region, characterized by relatively high rainfall (850 mm/a) and a cool (15.5 °C) and windy summer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
For 1971–2000, the mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C, with an annual temperature range of 11.8 °C. The average annual rainfall total is 832 mm, with 13 days of precipitation in January and 8.2 days in July.<ref name=":0" /> For 1991–2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Balleroy-sur-Drôme, 4 km away per great-circle navigation,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is 11.2°C and the mean annual precipitation total is 924.3 mm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the future, the municipality's climate parameters estimated for 2050 according to different greenhouse gas emission scenarios can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Urban planning
Typology
As of 1 January 2024, Castillon is categorised as a rural commune with a very dispersed population, according to the new 7-level municipal density grid defined by INSEE in 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is located outside the urban unit<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and outside the attraction of cities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Land use
The land use of the municipality, as shown by the European biophysical land cover database Template:Ill (CLC), is marked by the importance of agricultural land (99.6% in 2018), a proportion identical to that of 1990 (99.6%). The detailed distribution in 2018 is as follows: meadows (48.3%), arable land (31.2%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (20%), forests (0.3%), mines, landfills and construction sites (0.1%). The evolution of the land use of the commune and its infrastructures can be observed on the various cartographic representations of the territory: the Cassini map (18th century), the Template:Ill (1820-1866) and the IGN maps or aerial photos for the current period (1950 to today).
Population
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