Falaise
commune in Calvados, France
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Falaise is a commune of France[1]. Falaise ranks in the top 0.41% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,241 views/month, #128 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Calvados[3], arrondissement of Caen[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Shares border with: Aubigny[6], Eraines[7], La Hoguette[8], Noron-l'Abbaye[9], Saint-Martin-de-Mieux[10], Saint-Pierre-du-Bû[11], Versainville[12]
- Flag: flag of Falaise[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Bad Neustadt an der Saale[14], Cassino[15], Henley-on-Thames[16], Alma[17]
- Postal code: 14700[18]
- Commons category: Falaise[19]
- Archives at: Departmental archives of Calvados[20]
- Official website: https://www.falaise.fr/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Falaise[22]
- Commons gallery: Falaise[23]
- Email address: mailto:mairie@falaise.fr[24]
- Population: 8343[25], 8245[26], 8537[27], 8186[28], 8086[29], 7180[30], 8368[31], 8597[32], 8119[33], 8434[34], 8475[35], 8337[36], 7968[37], 7849[38]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Falaise[39]
- Phone number: +33-2-31-41-61-61[40]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43], New International Encyclopedia[44]
- Capital of: canton of Falaise-Nord[45], canton of Falaise-Sud[46], canton of Falaise[47]
- Official name: Falaise[48]
- List of monuments: list of historic monuments in Falaise[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Falaise[50]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Falaise[51]
- Female population: 4412[52]
- Male population: 3774[53]
- Native label: Falaise[54]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Falaise, Calvados[55]
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Physical Characteristics
Falaise covers an area of 11.84 km²[56]. Elevations include 132 m[57], 89 m[58], 188 m[59], and 146 m[60].
Why It Matters
Falaise has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Falaise is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]