Aubigny, Calvados

Aubigny (French pronunciation: [obiɲi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.^[3]

Aubigny
Commune
Aubigny Town Hall
Location of Aubigny
Aubigny Show map of France Aubigny Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°12′49″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lecapitaine[1]
Area 1	5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	299
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14025 /14700
Elevation	145–206 m (476–676 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The N158 in Aubigny. The windfarm is also in Aubigny

Aubigny is located some 26 km south by south-east of Caen, 27 km north by north-east of Argentan and 3 km north of Falaise. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N158 from Caen which becomes the A88 autoroute west of Falaise and has Exit 10 on the southern border of the commune. Access to the village is by the D658 from Soulangy in the north passing south through the commune and the village, connecting with the N158 south of the village, and continuing to Falaise in the south. The D6 comes from Villers-Canivet in the north-west and passes through the west of the commune before joining the N158 just south of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Chateau, Les Bruyeres, and Long Pre. There is some forest in the south near Long Pre and the rest of the commune is entirely farmland.^[4]

The Ruisseau du Cassis flows north through the commune forming a small section of the north-western border before continuing north to join the Laizon north of Soulangy. The Ruisseau du Chateau de Long Pre comes from the south and feeds the moat around the chateau.^[4]

History

Before the French Revolution the parish was part of the Diocese of Séez of the archdeaconry of Hiémois. It was the seat of a Deanery which grouped a number of parishes west of Falaise.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	2001	Jean Gilot
2001	2026	Michel Lecapitaine		EDF agent

Twinning

Aubigny has twinning associations with:^[6]

• Stoke Mandeville (United Kingdom) since 1952.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albinéains or Albinéaines in French.^[7]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 370 —     1800 366 −0.16% 1806 405 +1.70% 1821 337 −1.22% 1831 367 +0.86% 1836 452 +4.25% 1841 429 −1.04% 1846 423 −0.28% 1851 412 −0.53% 1856 405 −0.34% 1861 400 −0.25% 1866 386 −0.71% 1872 364 −0.97% 1876 384 +1.35% 1881 353 −1.67% 1886 334 −1.10% 1891 337 +0.18% 1896 312 −1.53%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 327 +0.94% 1906 303 −1.51% 1911 311 +0.52% 1921 233 −2.85% 1926 231 −0.17% 1931 238 +0.60% 1936 236 −0.17% 1946 333 +3.50% 1954 310 −0.89% 1962 300 −0.41% 1968 318 +0.98% 1975 289 −1.36% 1982 266 −1.18% 1990 295 +1.30% 1999 316 +0.77% 2007 341 +0.96% 2012 294 −2.92% 2017 308 +0.93%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The Chateau of Aubigny

The Well and Wayside Cross

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chateau of Aubigny (16th century)^[10]
• Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries)^[11]
• The Chateau of Long Pré (1752)^[12]
• A Chateau at Le Chateau (17th century)^[13]
• The Town Hall/School (1850)^[14]
• A Well and Wayside Cross (19th century)^[15]

Religious heritage

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation

Two buildings and structures are registered as historical monuments:

• A Cemetery Cross (1804)^[16]
• The Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation (18th century)^[17]

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (1724)^[18]
• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Raven of Morell (1625)^[19]
• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (1786)^[20]
• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (1777)^[21]
• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (1662)^[22]
• A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Antoine of Morell (1673)^[23]
• A Choir enclosure (Communion Table) (16th century)^[24]
• 6 Kneeling statues of the Lords of Aubigny (17th-18th centuries)^[25]
• A Painting: the Transfiguration (17th century)^[26]
• A Painting: the Judgement of Solomon (17th century)^[27]
• A Statue: Saint Guérin (17th century)^[28]
• A Pulpit (18th century)^[29]
• 2 Altars and Retables (1855)^[30]
• Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (19th century)^[31]
• A Choir enclosure (Communion Table) (16th century)^[32]
• A Reliquary (18th century)^[33]
• A Chalice (1850)^[34]
• A Chalice (1) (1819)^[35]
• A Painting: The Baptism of Christ (1658)^[36]
• 2 Statues: Virgin and Child, Saint Joseph (1700)^[37]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (1786)^[38]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (1777)^[39]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (1724)^[40]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Antoine of Morell (1673)^[41]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (1662)^[42]
• A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Raven of Morell (1625)^[43]
• 6 Tomb Statues (kneeling): Prayer of the Lords of Aubigny (1625-1786)^[44]
• A Cabinet (1800)^[45]
• A pair of Stalls (1800)^[46]
• 2 Tombstones: Raven of Morell and Gabrielle of Riant (1587 & 1592)^[47]

Festival

A Garage sale is held at the beginning of September.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department