Ifs, Calvados

Ifs () 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, La Dronnière and Ifs.

Population

Administration

Mayors of Ifs

Points of Interest

• Forêt d'Ifs - A 32 hectare forest containing 40,000 trees. It also contains a marker showing the geographic centre of Calvados.

National Heritage sites

The Commune has two buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique

• Eglise Saint-André twelfth century church listed as a monument in 1946.
• Saint-Bernard Farm a seventeenth former farmhouse that was purchased by the municipal in 1972 and became the Town hall. The building was classed as a Monument historique in 1979.

Twin towns – sister cities

Ifs is twinned with:

• Ilfracombe, Devon, England. Since 1991
• Niederwerrn, Germany. Since 1992
• Debar, North Macedonia. Since 2009

Notable people

• Robert Tournières (1668-1752), portrait painter, pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud was born here.
• Jean-Pascal Zadi (b. 1980), director, actor and rapper was raised here as a child.
• Sabine Devieilhe (b. 1985), operatic soprano was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

External links

• Ifs website