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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Boulon
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = BOULON-_Church,_cemetery_and_memorial.jpg
|caption                = The church in Boulon
|arrondissement         = Caen
|canton                 = Le Hom
|INSEE                  = 14090
|postal code            = 14220
|mayor                  = Bernard Leblanc<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande|Cingal-Suisse Normande]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.0486|-0.3917|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 100
|elevation min m        = 29
|elevation max m        = 142
|area km2               = 14.96
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Boulon''' ({{IPA|fr|bulɔ̃|-|Fr-Boulon.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in northwestern [[France]].

==Geography==

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, '''Le Hutray''', '''Gable-Blanc''' and '''Boulon'''.<ref name="gmap">{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/14220+Boulon,+France/@49.0533521,-0.4140804,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x480a406e7dbb04b5:0x40c14484fbcf900!8m2!3d49.047904!4d-0.393531!16zL20vMDJqYl9x?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==|title=Boulon · 14220, France|website=Boulon · 14220, France}}</ref>

Two watercourses, Le Tourtous and the Ruisseau du Val Distrait flows through the commune.<ref>{{sandre|id=I2584000|nom=Le Tourtous}}</ref><ref>{{sandre|id=I2586000|nom=Val Distrait Stream}}</ref> 

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes'''<ref name="gmap" />
|state=expanded
|width=auto
|Centre    = Boulon
|North     = [[Fresney-le-Puceux]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Bretteville-sur-Laize]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Saint-Laurent-de-Condel]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Mutrécy]]
|Northwest = [[Laize-Clinchamps]]
}}

==Points of Interest==

===National Heritage sites===

*'''Eglise Saint-Pierre''' twelfth century church listed as a monument in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111110/boulon-eglise-saint-pierre|title=Eglise Saint-Pierre à Boulon - PA00111110|website=Monumentum}}</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Boulon along with Fresney-le-Puceux & Saint-Laurent-de-Condel  is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite news |title=Boulon. Jean-Pierre Béchade quitte la présidence du comité de jumelage entre forêts |work=Ouest-France |date=6 March 2023 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/boulon-14220/boulon-jean-pierre-bechade-quitte-la-presidence-du-comite-de-jumelage-entre-forets-1f21c280-bc0d-11ed-b48c-f6fe40c1e43a |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dunsford]] & [[Doddiscombsleigh]], England, United Kingdom

==References==
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[[Category:Communes of Calvados (department)]]
[[Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Monuments historiques of Calvados (department)]]

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