Lisieux

commune in Calvados, France
Place commune_of_france Q188743
Lisieux
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Summary

Lisieux is a commune of France[1]. Lisieux ranks in the top 0.55% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,693 views/month, #171 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie[3], Calvados[4], canton of Lisieux-2[5], canton of Lisieux-3[6], arrondissement of Lisieux[7]
  • Country: France[8]
  • Head of government: Sébastien Leclerc[9]
  • Shares border with: Beuvillers[10], Glos[11], Hermival-les-Vaux[12], Ouilly-le-Vicomte[13], Rocques[14], Saint-Désir[15], Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue[16]
  • Twinned administrative body: Saint-Jérôme[17], Taunton[18], Saint-Georges[19], Mogliano Veneto[20]
  • Postal code: 14100[21]
  • Commons category: Lisieux[22]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[23], UTC+02:00[24]
  • Archives at: Departmental archives of Calvados[25]
  • Official website: http://www.ville-lisieux.fr[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lisieux[27]
  • Commons gallery: Lisieux[28]
  • Email address: mailto:courrier@ville-lisieux.fr[29]
  • Population: 21,132[30], 20,771[31], 21,111[32], 20,318[33], 20,171[34], 23,830[35], 25,521[36], 24,940[37], 23,703[38], 23,166[39], 23,343[40], 21,391[41], 20,038[42], 19,755[43]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Lisieux[44]
  • Phone number: +33-2-31-48-40-40[45]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46]
  • Capital of: canton of Lisieux-1[47], arrondissement of Lisieux[48], canton of Lisieux-2[49], canton of Lisieux-3[50], canton of Lisieux[51]
  • Official name: Lisieux[52]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de Lisieux[53]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lisieux[54]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lisieux[55]
  • Female population: 11,315[56]
  • Male population: 9003[57]
  • Category for people buried here: Q19346518[58]

Why It Matters

Lisieux has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Lisieux is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . archives.calvados.fr. Retrieved . archives.calvados.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  49. [51] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q28131
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0386872-Lisieux-Francie
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  3. 23w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Lisieux
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Lisieux
    Instance of → commune of France
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