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Vassy
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Vassy is a former commune in the Calvados department of Normandy, France. It served as the capital of the canton of Vassy and was located within the arrondissement of Vire. The area covered 31.01 square kilometers and had a population of 6,173. Vassy shared borders with La Chapelle-Engerbold, Pierres, La Rocque, and Rully. It was twinned with Triefenstein and used the postal codes 14410 and 14350.
The commune was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by the delegated commune of Valdallière. Its associated electoral district was the canton of Condé-en-Normandie. A theatre in the area is listed in the city of Valdallière.
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Place details
- Locality
- Valdallière
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,734
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Department
- Calvados
- Arrondissement
- Vire
- Canton
- Condé-en-Normandie
- Commune
- Valdallière
- Area
- 31.01 km (11.97 sq mi)
- Population 2022
- 1,686
- Density
- 54.37/km (140.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Elevation
- 103–260 m (338–853 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Vassy
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Vire
- Population
- 1798
- Area
- 31.01
- Elevation
- 193
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Vassy
- Shares border with
- Moncy
- Official website
- www.vassycalvados.fr
- Image
- FranceNormandieVassyEglise.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vassy (Calvados)
- postal code
- 14350
- twinned administrative body
- Triefenstein
- replaced by
- Valdallière
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Condé-en-Normandie
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
Vassy ( French pronunciation: [vasi] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Valdallière.
It is said to be the origin of the surnames de Vesci and Vesely in England, introduced after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vassy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.