Fontaine-Henry

Fontaine-Henry
Chateau
Fontaine-Henry
Location within Lower Normandy region Fontaine-Henry
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Creully
Intercommunality	Orival
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Caillère
Area1	5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	476
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14275 / 14610
Elevation	7–58 m (23–190 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontaine-Henry is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England. The château is still lived in by the descendents of its early owners, the comte and comtesse de Olliamson.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	341	—
1968	370	+8.5%
1975	364	−1.6%
1982	348	−4.4%
1990	448	+28.7%
1999	517	+15.4%
2008	476	−7.9%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE