Anguerny

Anguerny
Old House at Anguerny
Coat of arms
Anguerny
Location within Lower Normandy region  Anguerny
Coordinates: 49°16′39″N 0°23′49″W / 49.2775°N 0.3969°WCoordinates: 49°16′39″N 0°23′49″W / 49.2775°N 0.3969°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Cœur de Nacre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Luc Guillouard
Area^1	2.85 km^2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	783
• Density	270/km^2 (710/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14014 / 14610
Elevation	44–69 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agernynois or Agernynoises^[2]

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.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

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

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^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1989	2001	Paul Rivoalen
2001	2014	Alain Yaouanc	SE
2014	2020	Jean-Luc Guillouard

(Not all data is known)

Twinning

Anguerny has twinning associations with:^[5]

• East Woodhay (United Kingdom) since 1997.

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	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint Martin Bell Tower (11th century) is classified as an historical monument.^[6] The church contains four items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Tabernacle and Seating (19th century)^[7]
  • A Painting: Calvary (17th century)^[8]
  • A Retable (17th century)^[9]
  • The main Altar: The Crucifixion (1760)^[10]
• A Tithe barn
• 2 Festival halls

Saint Martin Church Picture Gallery

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  Church of Saint Martin

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  The Bell Tower

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  The Baptismal Font

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  Altar and Retable

Activities and events

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

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

External links

• Anguerny official website (French)
• Anguerny on Lion1906
• Anguerny on Google Maps
• Anguerny on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aguerny on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Anguerny on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

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 , 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. Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2015 (French)
2. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France
5. National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111012 Church of Saint Martin (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001088 Tabernacle and Seating (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001087 Painting: Calvary (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14001086 Retable (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000005 Main Altar: The Crucifixion (French)