Landelles-et-Coupigny: Commune in Calvados, Normandy, France
Landelles-et-Coupigny is a rural commune in the Calvados department of Normandy, northwestern France, combining the villages of Landelles and Coupigny. Overview of local government, landscape, hamlets and historical ties.
Landelles-et-Coupigny is a small administrative unit in northwestern France. It is one of the communes of the Calvados department and lies within the area long associated with Normandy; before the 2016 regional reorganisation it was part of the former region of Basse-Normandie. The settlement takes its name from two local places, Landelles and Coupigny, combined in a single municipal entity.
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Location and character
The commune occupies a rural area of Calvados. Like many such communes in the region, its territory includes farmland and small hamlets, connected by local roads to nearby towns and villages.
Local government
As a commune, Landelles-et-Coupigny is administered by a municipal council headed by a mayor, responsible for local services, planning and civil registration in accordance with French law governing communes.
Names and history
The compound name indicates the joining of two historically separate places. Over time these settlements have been administered together under the single communal structure common in France.
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