Anisy (French pronunciation: [anizi] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Anisy
Church of Saint Peter
Church of Saint Peter
Coat of arms of Anisy
Location of Anisy
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Anisy is located in France
Anisy
Anisy
Anisy is located in Normandy
Anisy
Anisy
Coordinates: 49°15′07″N 0°23′27″W / 49.2519°N 0.3908°W / 49.2519; -0.3908
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonCourseulles-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityCœur de Nacre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicolas Delahaye[1]
Area
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4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
776
 • Density190/km2 (480/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.

Geography

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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

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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

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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

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List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name Party Position
? 1995 Michel Leparquier
1995 2001 Daniel Armand Telecoms technician
2001 2014 Maurice Lambert ind. Retired Farmer
2014 2026 Nicolas Delahaye

Population

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anisiens or Anisiennes in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 290—    
1975 318+1.33%
1982 388+2.88%
1990 520+3.73%
1999 633+2.21%
2007 665+0.62%
2012 681+0.48%
2017 730+1.40%
Source: INSEE[6]

Sites and monuments

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  • Church of Saint Peter (12th and 13th centuries), registered as a historical monument in 1927.

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE