Potigny

Potigny

Miners' houses
Potigny

Coordinates: 48°58′19″N 0°14′48″W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W / 48.9719; -0.2467Coordinates: 48°58′19″N 0°14′48″W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W / 48.9719; -0.2467
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Falaise-Nord
Intercommunality Pays de Falaise
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Marie Gasnier
Area1 4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,750
  Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14516 / 14420
Elevation 125–206 m (410–676 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.

Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1896271    
1901239−11.8%
1906223−6.7%
1911451+102.2%
19211,473+226.6%
19261,731+17.5%
19312,712+56.7%
19362,420−10.8%
19462,374−1.9%
19542,694+13.5%
19622,926+8.6%
19682,720−7.0%
19752,408−11.5%
19822,155−10.5%
19901,787−17.1%
19991,703−4.7%
20081,750+2.8%

International relations

Potigny is twinned with the village of Banwell in Somerset.

See also

References

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