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Country
  
France

Department
  
Calvados

Population (2010)
  
294

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:45 PM

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Blangy-le-Château

Area
  
10.2 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lisieux

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Intercommunality
  
Blangy Pont-l'Évêque Intercom

Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 92% Humidity

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

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Map of 14130 Les Authieux-sur-Calonne, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Altaréens or Altaréennes.

Geography

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne is located some 55 km north-east of Caen and 27 km south-east of Le Havre. Access to the commune is by the D534 road from Cormeilles in the south-east which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues to join the D675 just west of the commune. The D140 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune to Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy in the south. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Route de Blangy, La Boudiniere, and La Grenterie. The commune is mostly farmland with some scattered forests.

The Calonne river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west then west to join the Touques at Pont-l'Évêque. Several tributaries rise in the commune and flow north to join the Calonne including the Douet de la Thibaudiere, the Ruisseau des Rebutieres, the Ruisseau du Val Plot, and the Ryisseau de Manoir.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 294 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 communes that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

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

Civil heritage

The commune has two buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Manoir de la Porte (18th century)
  • The Tanning and Wheat Mill (1853)

    • Religious heritage

    The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Chapel Saint-Meuf The Chapel contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • The Portal (16th century)

    • The Parish Church of Saint-Pierre contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • 5 Statues (17th century)
  • A Tabernacle, 2 seating sets, Tabernacle housing (17th century)
  • A Painting: the Assumption (17th century)
  • A Retable (17th century)
  • The Altar facing (17th century)
  • The main Altar (17th century)
  • The main Altar (17th century)
  • The Altar facing (17th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Nicolas (16th century)
  • A Stoup and portable Stoup (15th century)

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Henry Victor Deligny (1855-1938 at Authieux-sur-Calonne), General of Division in the First World War.

    • References

    Les Authieux-sur-Calonne Wikipedia
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