Ifs, Calvados
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Ifs (Template:IPA) 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">Template:Cite web</ref>
Population
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Administration
Mayors of Ifs
| From | To | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Center | Template:Center | Raymond Slama | PS |
| Template:Center | Template:Center | Jean-Paul Gauchard | DVG |
| Template:Center | Template:Center | Michel Patard-Legendre | LR |
Points of Interest
- Forêt d'Ifs - A 32 hectare forest containing 40,000 trees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It also contains a marker showing the geographic centre of Calvados.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
National Heritage sites
The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Eglise Saint-André twelfth century church listed as a monument in 1946.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Saint-Bernard Farm a seventeenth former farmhouse that was purchased by the municipal in 1972 and became the Town hall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The building was classed as a Monument historique in 1979.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Ifs is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Ilfracombe, Devon, England. Since 1991
- Template:Flagicon Niederwerrn, Germany. Since 1992
- Template:Flagicon Debar, North Macedonia. Since 2009
Notable people
- Robert Tournières (1668-1752), portrait painter, pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud was born here.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref>