Anguerny

Anguerny (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡɛʁni] ^ⓘ) 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
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Coordinates: 49°16′39″N 0°23′49″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Commune	Colomby-Anguerny
Area 1	2.85 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population  (2013)[1]	754
• Density	260/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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.

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]

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^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
1989	2001	Paul Rivoalen
2001	2014	Alain Yaouanc	SE
2014	2016	Jean-Luc Guillouard

Twinning

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

Anguerny has twinning associations with:^[5]

• East Woodhay (United Kingdom) since 1997.

Demography

Covered Well at Anguerny

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agernynois or Agernynoises in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 417 —     1800 453 +1.19% 1806 536 +2.84% 1821 540 +0.05% 1831 568 +0.51% 1836 529 −1.41% 1841 502 −1.04% 1846 520 +0.71% 1851 518 −0.08% 1856 509 −0.35% 1861 516 +0.27% 1866 472 −1.77% 1872 412 −2.24% 1876 359 −3.38% 1881 311 −2.83% 1886 314 +0.19% 1891 304 −0.65% 1896 276 −1.91%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 243 −2.51% 1906 230 −1.09% 1911 204 −2.37% 1921 205 +0.05% 1926 213 +0.77% 1931 238 +2.24% 1936 212 −2.29% 1946 256 +1.90% 1954 287 +1.44% 1962 260 −1.23% 1968 269 +0.57% 1975 306 +1.86% 1982 380 +3.14% 1990 390 +0.33% 1999 724 +7.12% 2007 812 +1.44% 2012 756 −1.42%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint Martin Bell Tower (11th century) is classified as an historical monument.^[9] The church contains four items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Tabernacle and Seating (19th century)^[10]
  • A Painting: Calvary (17th century)^[11]
  • A Retable (17th century)^[12]
  • The main Altar: The Crucifixion (1760)^[13]
• 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

• Communes of the Calvados department