Aubigny, Calvados

Aubigny

Aubigny Town Hall
Aubigny

Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°12′49″W / 48.9189°N 0.2136°W / 48.9189; -0.2136Coordinates: 48°55′08″N 0°12′49″W / 48.9189°N 0.2136°W / 48.9189; -0.2136
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Falaise-Nord
Intercommunality Pays de Falaise
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2020) Michel Lecapitaine
Area1 5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 324
 • Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aubigny is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region of north-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albinéains or Albinéaines.[1]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

 Villers-Canivet Saint-Pierre-Canivet Épaney
Leffard Versainville
   Aubigny  
Noron-l'Abbaye Falaise Eraines

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[3]

From To Name Party Position
2001 Jean Gilot
2001 2020 Michel Lecapitaine EDF agent

(Not all data is known)

Twinning

Aubigny has twinning associations with:[4]

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 324 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
370 366 405 337 367 452 429 423 412
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
405 400 386 364 384 353 334 337 312
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
327 303 311 233 231 238 236 333 310
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
300 318 289 266 295 316 - 324 -

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

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:

Religious heritage

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

Two buildings and structures are registered as historical monuments:

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

  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (1724)[13]
  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Raven of Morell (1625)[14]
  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (1786)[15]
  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (1777)[16]
  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (1662)[17]
  • A Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Antoine of Morell (1673)[18]
  • A Choir enclosure (Communion Table) (16th century)[19]
  • 6 Kneeling statues of the Lords of Aubigny (17th-18th centuries)[20]
  • A Painting: the Transfiguration (17th century)[21]
  • A Painting: the Judgement of Solomon (17th century)[22]
  • A Statue: Saint Guérin (17th century)[23]
  • A Pulpit (18th century)[24]
  • 2 Altars and Retables (1855)[25]
  • Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (19th century)[26]
  • A Choir enclosure (Communion Table) (16th century)[27]
  • A Reliquary (18th century)[28]
  • A Chalice (1850)[29]
  • A Chalice (1) (1819)[30]
  • A Painting: The Baptism of Christ (1658)[31]
  • 2 Statues: Virgin and Child, Saint Joseph (1700)[32]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (1786)[33]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (1777)[34]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (1724)[35]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Antoine of Morell (1673)[36]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (1662)[37]
  • A Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Raven of Morell (1625)[38]
  • 6 Tomb Statues (kneeling): Prayer of the Lords of Aubigny (1625-1786)[39]
  • A Cabinet (1800)[40]
  • A pair of Stalls (1800)[41]
  • 2 Tombstones: Raven of Morell and Gabrielle of Riant (1587 & 1592)[42]

Festival

A Garage sale is held at the beginning of September.

See also

External links

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. ↑ Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  3. ↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
  4. ↑ National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (French)
  5. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111017 Chateau (French)
  6. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000896 Houses and Farms (French)
  7. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000895 Chateau of Long Pré (French)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000894 Chateau at Le Chateau (French)
  9. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000893 Town Hall / School (French)
  10. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000892 Well and Wayside Cross (French)
  11. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000891 Cemetery Cross (French)
  12. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000890 Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation (French)
  13. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000868 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  14. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000867 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Raven of Morell (French)
  15. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000866 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  16. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000865 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  17. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000864 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (French)
  18. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000863 Statue (kneeling):Prayer of Antoine of Morell (French)
  19. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000012 Choir enclosure (Communion table) (French)
  20. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000011 6 Kneeling statues of the Lords of Aubigny (French)
  21. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000497 Painting: the Transfiguration (French)
  22. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000496 Painting: the Judgement of Solomon (French)
  23. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000495 Statue: Saint Guérin (French)
  24. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000494 Pulpit (French)
  25. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000493 2 Altars and Retables (French)
  26. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000492 Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (French)
  27. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000491 Choir enclosure (Communion table) (French)
  28. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000015 Reliquary (French)
  29. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000014 Chalice (French)
  30. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000013 Chalice (1) (French)
  31. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000012 Painting: The Baptism of Christ (French)
  32. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000011 2 Statues: Virgin and Child, Saint Joseph (French)
  33. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000010 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jules Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  34. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000009 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Jean Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  35. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000008 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Marc-Antoine of Morell (French)
  36. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000007 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Antoine of Morell (French)
  37. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000006 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Brandelis of Morell (French)
  38. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000005 Tomb Statue (kneeling): Prayer of Raven of Morell (French)
  39. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000009 6 Tombs Statue (kneeling): Prayer of the Lords of Aubigny (French)
  40. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000003 Cabinet (French)
  41. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000002 Pair of Stalls (French)
  42. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000001 2 Tombstones: Raven of Morell and Gabrielle of Riant (French)
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