Saint-Pierre-Canivet

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Saint-Pierre-Canivet ({{#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, Les Cesnes, La Jalousie and Saint-Pierre-Canivet.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The commune has three streams flowing through its borders, the Cassis, the Moussaye and the Manque-Souris.<ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref>


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Population

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Points of Interest

  • Anciennes carrières souterraines de Saint-Pierre-Canivet et d'Aubigny is a Natura 2000 site, shared between Saint-Pierre-Canivet and neighbouring Aubigny.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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National Heritage sites

  • Château de la Tour - eighteenth centaury chateau that was declared a Monument historique in 1967.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

References

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