Orbec

Orbec
Coat of arms
Orbec
Location within Lower Normandy region Orbec
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Orbec
Intercommunality	Pays de l'Orbiquet
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Étienne Cool
Area1	10.14 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,384
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14478 / 14290
Elevation	90–193 m (295–633 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 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.

Orbec is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,862	—
1968	3,211	+12.2%
1975	3,363	+4.7%
1982	2,832	−15.8%
1990	2,642	−6.7%
1999	2,564	−3.0%
2008	2,384	−7.0%

International relations

Orbec is twinned with:

• Kingsteignton UK since 1979
• Frammersbach (Germany) since 1987

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site