What is Gavrus?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Gavrus |arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Caen|Caen]] |canton = [[Canton of Évrecy|Évrecy]] |INSEE = 14297 |postal code = 14210 |mayor = Philippe Bouchard |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Évrecy-Orne-Odon]] |coordinates = {{coord|49.1191666667|-0.513888888889|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 100 |elevation min m = 45 |elevation max m = 114 |area km2 = 2.71 |population = 442 |population date = 2007 }} '''Gavrus''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is found in the [[Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the northwest of [[France]]. ==History== The name of the commune was first mentioned in 1222.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gavrus.fr/page.php?idrub=1|title=History of Gavrus|accessdate=25 July 2010|archive-date=6 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206230041/http://www.gavrus.fr/page.php?idrub=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Gavrus'' was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[cognomen]].{{fact|date=September 2022}} ==Population== {{Demography| 1962= 112| 1968= 111| 1975= 127| 1982= 161| 1990= 196| 1999= 218| 2006= 439| sansdoublescomptes= 1962|source=INSEE<ref>[http://www.insee.fr/ Gavrus On Insee's website]</ref>}} The population has grown because Gavrus is close to [[Caen]], a big city. [[File:FranceNormandieGavrusEglise.jpg|thumb|left|The church in Gavrus]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Calvados communes}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Calvados]]