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Soliers
Commune
The church in Soliers
Location of Soliers
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Coordinates: 49°08′08″N 0°17′39″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Philippe Jouin
Area 1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,260
• Density	445/km2 (1,150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14675 /14540
Elevation	27–53 m (89–174 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Soliers (French pronunciation: [sɔlje] ^ⓘ) 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, Four and Soliers.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	541	—
1975	695	+3.64%
1982	1,053	+6.12%
1990	1,625	+5.57%
1999	1,733	+0.72%
2007	2,135	+2.64%
2012	2,155	+0.19%
2017	2,070	−0.80%
2023	2,260	+1.47%
Source: INSEE

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

• Église Saint-Vigor de Soliers thirteenth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1927.

Notable people

• Stanislas Touchet (1842 - 1926) a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Orléans from 1894 until his death, and became a cardinal in 1922 was born here.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Soliers is twinned with:

• Ipplepen, England, United Kingdom, since 1986.
• Krombach, Germany, since 1996

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

External links

• Official site