Anisy

Anisy is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Anisy
Commune
Church of Saint Peter
Coat of arms
Location of Anisy
Anisy
Anisy
Coordinates: 49°15′07″N 0°23′27″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonCourseulles-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityCœur de Nacre
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Nicolas Delahaye
Area
1
4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
730
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14015 /14610
Elevation44–67 m (144–220 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anisiens or Anisiennes[2]

Geography

Anisy is located some 8 km north by north-west of Caen and 4 km south of Douvres-la-Délivrande. It can be accessed by the D79 road from Caen passing through the west of the commune and continuing to Anguerny. The village can be accessed by the D220 road from Mathieu in the east passing through the village and the commune and continuing to Villons-les-Buissons in the south-west. The D220A branches off the D220 in the village and goes south to Cambes-en-Plaine. The D141 from Mathieu to Anguerny also passes through the north-eastern tip of the commune. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.[3]

History

The commune was founded in the 11th century by the Anisy family.

Anisy was liberated by The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on the first evening of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. The Rifles were the only Regiment to reach its assigned objective that day.

Heraldry
Arms of Anisy
 Blazon:

Argent, semy of billetty of Sable with a lion the same crowned in Or, tongued and armed in Gules debruised by all.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
?1995Michel Leparquier
19952001Daniel ArmandTelecoms technician
20012014Maurice LambertSERetired Farmer
2014CurrentNicolas Delahaye

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2005663—    
2006652−1.7%
2007665+2.0%
2008665+0.0%
2009666+0.2%
2010666+0.0%
2011675+1.4%
2012681+0.9%
2013691+1.5%
2014702+1.6%
2015712+1.4%
2016718+0.8%

Sites and monuments
  • Church of Saint Peter (12th and 13th centuries), registered as a historical monument in 1927.
  • The entrance of the Church of Saint-Pierre.
  • The source of the Dan river.

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Madeleine Barbulée, French actress, born on 2 September 1910 at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. She died on 1 January 2001 in Paris and was buried in the cemetery at Anisy.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
    3. Google Maps
    4. List of Mayors of France
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