Saint-Sylvain () 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, Rue Vilaine, Saint-Martin des Bois and Saint-Sylvain.

La Muance a tributary to the Dives flows through the commune.

Population

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

Église de Saint-Sylvain thirteenth century church listed as a Monument historique in 1914.

Notable people Pierre François Olive Rayer (1793 &ndash 1867) a French physician who was born here.

See also Communes of the Calvados department

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