Cresserons

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Cresserons
Commune
The church in Cresserons
Location of Cresserons
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Coordinates: 49°17′19″N 0°21′12″W / 49.2886°N 0.3533°W / 49.2886; -0.3533
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de Nacre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Lermine[1]
Area 1	3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,078
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14197 /14440
Elevation	17–59 m (56–194 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cresserons is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Cresserons is located just south of the beaches of Normandy. During the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War, British troops arrived there and a battle was fought on 7 June 1944.