Saint-Contest

Saint-Contest
Commune
Church of Saint-Contest
Location of Saint-Contest
Saint-Contest Saint-Contest
Coordinates: 49°12′52″N 0°24′01″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Caen-2
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Philippe
Area 1	8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,487
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14566 /14280
Elevation	54–77 m (177–253 ft) (avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Contest (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɔ̃tɛ]) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 455 —     1800 455 +0.00% 1806 868 +11.37% 1821 890 +0.17% 1831 897 +0.08% 1836 926 +0.64% 1841 955 +0.62% 1846 933 −0.47% 1851 894 −0.85% 1856 885 −0.20% 1861 840 −1.04% 1866 857 +0.40% 1872 757 −2.05% 1876 711 −1.56% 1881 707 −0.11% 1886 683 −0.69% 1891 660 −0.68% 1896 567 −2.99%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 503 −2.37% 1906 493 −0.40% 1911 457 −1.51% 1921 431 −0.58% 1926 462 +1.40% 1931 504 +1.76% 1936 558 +2.06% 1946 418 −2.85% 1954 573 +4.02% 1962 647 +1.53% 1968 766 +2.85% 1975 810 +0.80% 1982 1,100 +4.47% 1990 1,541 +4.30% 1999 1,989 +2.88% 2007 2,351 +2.11% 2012 2,493 +1.18% 2017 2,517 +0.19%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Administration

Mayors of Saint-Contest

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2008	Michel Charpentier	Independent
2008	2014	Denis Desynder	Independent
2014	2020	Stéphanie Yon-Courtin	DVD

International relations

Saint-Contest is twinned with:

• Marchwood, near Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

See also

• Buron
• Communes of the Calvados department