Ifs, Calvados

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

Ifs
Commune
Town Hall
Location of Ifs
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Coordinates: 49°08′20″N 0°21′07″W / 49.1389°N 0.3519°W / 49.1389; -0.3519
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Ifs
Intercommunality	Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Patard-Legendre^[1]
Area ¹	9.06 km² (3.50 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	11,981
• Density	1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14341 /14123
Elevation	19–61 m (62–200 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,681	—
1975	4,574	+7.93%
1982	5,635	+3.02%
1990	6,974	+2.70%
1999	9,208	+3.14%
2007	10,738	+1.94%
2012	11,450	+1.29%
2017	11,766	+0.55%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Administration

Mayors of Ifs

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2008	Raymond Slama	PS
2008	2014	Jean-Paul Gauchard	DVG
2014	Current	Michel Patard-Legendre	LR

International relations

Ifs is twinned with:

Ilfracombe, Devon, England
Niederwerrn, Germany

Notable people

Robert Tournières (1668-1752), portrait painter, pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud
Sabine Devieilhe (b. 1985), operatic soprano

See also

Communes of the Calvados department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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