Saint-Sylvain, Calvados
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Saint-Sylvain ({{#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, Rue Vilaine, Saint-Martin des Bois and Saint-Sylvain.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
La Muance a tributary to the Dives flows through the commune.<ref>Template:Sandre</ref>
Population
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Points of Interest
National Heritage sites
- Église de Saint-Sylvain thirteenth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1914.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Notable people
- Pierre François Olive Rayer (1793 &ndash 1867) a French physician who was born here.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>