Anguerny

Anguerny is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Colomby-Anguerny.[2]

Anguerny
Part of Colomby-Anguerny
Old House at Anguerny
Coat of arms
Location of Anguerny
Anguerny
Anguerny
Coordinates: 49°16′39″N 0°23′49″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonCourseulles-sur-Mer
CommuneColomby-Anguerny
Area
1
2.85 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[1]
754
 • Density260/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14610
Elevation44–69 m (144–226 ft)
(avg. 49 m or 161 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agernynois or Agernynoises[3]

Geography

Anguerny is located 10 kilometres north-west of Caen and 3 kilometres south of Douvres-la-Delivrande. The D79 from Caen passes through the west of the commune and continues to Basly. The D7 from Caen to Douvres-la-Delivrande passes just to the east of the commune. Access to the commune is by the D141 which links the D79 to the D7 passing through the village and the commune. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.[4]

History

The commune was called successively Aguerne then Aguerny before taking its current name. The parish was under the authority of the Lords of Creully.

Heraldry
Arms of Anguerny
 Blazon:

Or, a chevron of Gules couped and écimé with a sword Azure in fess, the guard enhanced to dexter and the point abased to sinister debruised by the dexter branch of the chevron.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19892001Paul Rivoalen
20012014Alain YaouancSE
20142020Jean-Luc Guillouard

(Not all data is known)

Twinning
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Anguerny has twinning associations with:[6]

Demography
Covered Well at Anguerny

In 2009 the commune had 783 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
417 453 536 540 568 529 502 520 518
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
509 516 472 412 359 311 314 304 276
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
243 230 204 205 213 238 212 256 287
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 -
260 269 306 380 390 724 791 783 -
Population of Anguerny

Sites and monuments
  • The Church of Saint Martin Bell Tower (11th century) is classified as an historical monument.[7] The church contains four items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Tithe barn
  • 2 Festival halls
Saint Martin Church Picture Gallery
  • Church of Saint Martin
  • The Bell Tower
  • The Baptismal Font
  • Altar and Retable

Activities and events

The Romanes d'Anguerny is held every two years in spring.

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2015 (in French)
  3. Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. List of Mayors of France
  6. National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (in French)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111012 Church of Saint Martin (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001088 Tabernacle and Seating (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001087 Painting: Calvary (in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001086 Retable (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000005 Main Altar: The Crucifixion (in French)
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