Potigny
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Potigny |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Rue-de-potigny-calvados.jpg |
| caption | Miners' houses |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Potigny 14.svg |
| arrondissement | Caen |
| canton | Falaise |
| INSEE | 14516 |
| postal code | 14420 |
| mayor | Gérard Kepa |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| coordinates | |
| elevation min m | 125 |
| elevation max m | 206 |
| area km2 | 4.26 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
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Potigny () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Brèche au Diable and Potigny.
The river Laizon is the only watercourse that flows through the commune.
| title = Neighbouring communes |state=expanded |width=auto |Centre = Potigny |North = Soumont-Saint-Quentin |Northeast = |East = Bons-Tassilly |Southeast = |South = Bons-Tassilly |Southwest = |West = Fontaine-le-Pin |Northwest =
Population
|align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) |1793 |375 |1851 |402 |1896 |271 |1901 |239 |1906 |223 |1911 |451 |1921 |1473 |1926 |1731 |1931 |2742 |1936 |2420 |1946 |2403 |1954 |2694 |1962 |2926 |1968 |2720 |1975 |2408 |1982 |2120 |1990 |1776 |1999 |1703 |2007 |1734 |2012 |1886 |2017 |2075
Points of Interest
- La Brèche au Diable known in English as the Devil's Breach is a set of two rocky outcrops over looking the Laizon river. It is shared with the neighbouring commune of Soumont-Saint-Quentin.
National Heritage sites
- Église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Potigny a thirteenth centaury church that was listed as a Monument historique in 1930.
Notable people
- Maurice De Muer - (1921 - 2012) a professional cyclist and cycling team manager was born here.
Twin towns – sister cities
Potigny is twinned with:
References
References
- (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
- "Potigny · 14420, France".
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- {{Cassini-Ehess. 27706. Potigny
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14516#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
- "Sentier nature de la Brèche au Diable à".
- "Randonnée légendaire à la brèche au Diable près de Caen".
- "Eglise à Potigny - PA00111623".
- "L'Équipe - L'actualité du sport en continu.".
- (16 July 2024). "Potigny : la commune tisse 25 ans d'amitié avec Banwell".
- (16 July 2023). "Jumelage Potigny-Jutrosin : 30 ans d’enrichissement collectif". Ouest-France.
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