Ifs, Calvados
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Ifs ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Dronnière and Ifs.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Population
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Administration
Mayors of Ifs
| From | To | Name | Party |
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| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Jean-Paul Gauchard | DVG |
| check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | Michel Patard-Legendre | LR |
Points of Interest
- Forêt d'Ifs - A 32 hectare forest containing 40,000 trees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> It also contains a marker showing the geographic centre of Calvados.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
National Heritage sites
The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Eglise Saint-André twelfth century church listed as a monument in 1946.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Saint-Bernard Farm a seventeenth former farmhouse that was purchased by the municipal in 1972 and became the Town hall.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The building was classed as a Monument historique in 1979.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Twin towns – sister cities
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Notable people
- Robert Tournières (1668-1752), portrait painter, pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud was born here.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jean-Pascal Zadi (b. 1980), director, actor and rapper was raised here as a child.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Sabine Devieilhe (b. 1985), operatic soprano was born here.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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