Louvigny, Calvados

Louvigny (French pronunciation: [luviɲi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Louvigny
Commune
A general view of Louvigny
Coat of arms
Location of Louvigny
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Coordinates: 49°09′31″N 0°23′27″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Caen-5
Intercommunality	CU Caen la Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Ledoux[1]
Area 1	5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,627
• Density	466/km2 (1,210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14383 /14111
Elevation	2–48 m (6.6–157.5 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 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 commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Athis and Louvigny.^[3]

Two rivers the Orne and one of its tributaries the Odon a flow through the commune.^[4][5]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 455 —     1800 434 −0.67% 1806 539 +3.68% 1821 543 +0.05% 1831 608 +1.14% 1836 640 +1.03% 1841 672 +0.98% 1846 648 −0.72% 1851 581 −2.16% 1856 564 −0.59% 1861 564 +0.00% 1866 543 −0.76% 1872 518 −0.78% 1876 509 −0.44% 1881 466 −1.75% 1886 491 +1.05% 1891 511 +0.80% 1896 491 −0.80%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 450 −1.73% 1906 462 +0.53% 1911 481 +0.81% 1921 531 +0.99% 1926 552 +0.78% 1931 574 +0.78% 1936 575 +0.03% 1946 610 +0.59% 1954 726 +2.20% 1962 771 +0.75% 1968 951 +3.56% 1975 1,252 +4.01% 1982 1,384 +1.44% 1990 1,712 +2.69% 1999 1,766 +0.35% 2007 2,597 +4.94% 2012 2,719 +0.92% 2017 2,742 +0.17%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Points of interest

National Heritage Sites

The commune has three sites listed as a Monument historique.^[8]

• Eglise Saint-Vigor a fourteenth centaury church listed as monuments in 1927.^[9]
• Château de Louvigny an eighteenth centaury chateau listed as a monument in 1946.^[10]
• Gate a seventeenth centaury gate listed as a monument in 1928.^[11]

Sport

The commune has a 6 hole golf course since 2011, the Golf Compact de Louvigny.^[12][13]

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Louvigny is twinned with:^{[14][15][16][17]}

• Feniton, England. Since 1976
• Zellingen, Germany. Since 1984
• Bertea, Romania. Since 1998
• Colceresa, Italy. Since 2001

Local names

• Lovigky (Louvignian)
• Lokilia (Calvado Language)

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department