Cintheaux
Commune
A road in Cintheaux
Location of Cintheaux
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Coordinates: 49°03′22″N 0°17′27″W / 49.0561°N 0.2908°W / 49.0561; -0.2908
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marcel Jaeger^[1]
Area ¹	7.58 km² (2.93 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	181
• Density	24/km² (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14160 /14680
Elevation	69–122 m (226–400 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cintheaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃to] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is located between Caen and Falaise and is the home to the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.

Gaumesnil was originally a separate village, now attached to Cintheaux; it has fewer than 19 residents.

Sights

The main town is situated around the church of Saint-Germain, classified as an official French historic monument. It was built around 1150 by the Marmion family; Robert Marmion offered it in patronage to the Barbery Abbey, subject to the Bayeux diocese, in 1181.^[3] The main (north) chapel and the cross tower, dating to the 16th century, was destroyed in 1688. The north bell tower was added in the 18th century. The church was restored between 1857 and 1902.