Ryes

Ryes
Ryes
	Commune
	Saint Martin
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ryes
	Ryes Ryes
	Coordinates: 49°18′45″N 0°37′21″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Bayeux
Intercommunality	Bayeux Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Marie
Area 1	9.59 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	517
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14552 /14400
Elevation	15–59 m (49–194 ft) ; (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ryes is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	359	—
1968	377	+5.0%
1975	338	−10.3%
1982	317	−6.2%
1990	421	+32.8%
1999	450	+6.9%
2008	485	+7.8%

Administration

Ryes was the seat of the former canton of Ryes, which included 25 communes. Since 2015, it is part of the canton of Bayeux.

Toponymy

In 1060, Ryes was mentioned under the name Rigia.

The ancient forms of its name are apparently related to the French word "raie" (Old French "roie"), deriving from the Gallo-Roman "rica", from the Gallic word "Rica" meaning a "furrow": cf. Middle Gallic "Rych", meaning a "groove", and Old Breton "rec" (modern Breton "rec'h"), meaning a "tear". The word occurred throughout the Gallo-Roman region and is attested in Low Latin in the forms "riga", "rega" and "rige" (FEW volume 10, pp. 393–394).

History

Lord Hubert of Ryes welcomed Duke William during his struggle with his rebellious barons. He then saved William by sending him to Falaise escorted by his three sons while Hubert sent the rebellious barons in another direction.

On 1 July 1899, a 60 cm gauge shortline railroad between Courseulles and Bayeux was opened by Railways Calvados. The same day, a branch starting from Ryes to Arromanches also entered service. The main line and the branch were decommissioned from the network on 29 September 1932.

References

INSEE

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.