Saint-Pierre-Canivet () 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, Les Cesnes, La Jalousie and Saint-Pierre-Canivet.
The commune has three streams flowing through its borders, the Cassis, the Moussaye and the Manque-Souris.
Population
Points of Interest
Anciennes carrières souterraines de Saint-Pierre-Canivet et d'Aubigny is a Natura 2000 site, shared between Saint-Pierre-Canivet and neighbouring Aubigny. It is a former underground quarry that houses a number of protected species of bats, Geoffroy's bat, Greater mouse-eared bat, Greater horseshoe bat, and the Lesser horseshoe bat. The area is closed to the public.
National Heritage sites
Château de la Tour - eighteenth century chateau that was declared a Monument historique in 1967.
See also Communes of the Calvados department
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