Grainville-sur-Odon

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Grainville-sur-Odon

Total population

1,050

Elevation46 m

Land area5.26 km²

Coordinates49.14°, -0.53°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Grainville-sur-Odon is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

William II of England

King of England from 1087 to 1100

Richard II

Duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026

H

Herfast

Bishop of Elmham; Bishop of Thetford; Lord Chancellor of England

J

Judith of Lens

niece of William the Conqueror (c. 1054 - c. 1090)

Guillaume d'Estouteville

French monk, archbishop and cardinal

Henri de Mondeville

French physician

R

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester

English noble

William IX, Count of Poitiers

first son of Henry, Duke of Normandy (later Henry II of England) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1153-1156)

William of Jumièges

Norman monk

Robert, Count of Mortain

Norman nobleman and the uterine half-brother of William the Conqueror

Martin le Franc

French poet

P

Pierre du bois

French Lawyer (1255-1312)

Nicolas de Bec-Crespin

French cardinal

Robert Manning

Irish engineer (1816-1897)

J

Johannes de Muris

French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and music theorist

G

Gérard James

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People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Normandie

• Esquay-Notre-Dame
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,442
• Verson
  3.7 mi away · pop. 3,794
• Avenay
  4 mi away · pop. 567
• Juvigny-sur-Seulles
  4 mi away · pop. 82
• Vacognes-Neuilly
  4.4 mi away · pop. 669
• Éterville
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,604
• Brouay
  5.1 mi away · pop. 472
• Bretteville-sur-Odon
  5.4 mi away · pop. 4,148
• Hottot-les-Bagues
  5.5 mi away · pop. 468
• Feuguerolles-sur-Seulles
  6.6 mi away
• Trois-Monts
  6.7 mi away · pop. 566
• Lasson
  7.1 mi away · pop. 601

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