Jort | |
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 The church in Jort | |
 Location of Jort | |
Jort Jort | |
| Coordinates: 48°58′26″N 0°04′42″W / 48.9739°N 0.0783°W / 48.9739; -0.0783 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Falaise |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Guillemot1 |
Area 1 | 6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 303 |
| • Density | 46.0/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14345 /14170 |
| Elevation | 29–67 m (95–220 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Jort (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Macé and Jort.3
Two rivers The Dives and The Perrières run through the commune.45in addition the Le Douit du Houle flows through the commune.6
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 340 | — |
| 1968 | 367 | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 351 | −4.4% |
| 1982 | 354 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 317 | −10.5% |
| 1999 | 306 | −3.5% |
| 2008 | 308 | +0.7% |
Points of Interest
- Town hall - contains the Mithraic reliefs of Jort, discovered in 2011 as part of Sanitation works in the commune.7
National Heritage sites
- Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Jort - a twelfth century church that was listed as a Monument historique in 1927.8
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- "Jort · 14170, France". Jort · 14170, France.
- Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Dives (I1--0200)".
- Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Rivière de Perrières (I1227000)".
- Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Douit du Houle (I1229000)".
- "CIMRM Supplement - Mithraic Reliefs from Jort in Normandy, France". The Roman Cult of Mithras.
- "Eglise à Jort - PA00111457". Monumentum.