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Potigny (French pronunciation: [pɔtiɲi] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Key Information

Geography

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The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Brèche au Diable and Potigny.[3]

The river Laizon is the only watercourse that flows through the commune.[4]


Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 375—    
1851 402+0.12%
1896 271−0.87%
1901 239−2.48%
1906 223−1.38%
1911 451+15.13%
1921 1,473+12.56%
1926 1,731+3.28%
1931 2,742+9.64%
1936 2,420−2.47%
1946 2,403−0.07%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1954 2,694+1.44%
1962 2,926+1.04%
1968 2,720−1.21%
1975 2,408−1.73%
1982 2,120−1.80%
1990 1,776−2.19%
1999 1,703−0.47%
2007 1,734+0.23%
2012 1,886+1.69%
2017 2,075+1.93%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Points of Interest

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  • La Brèche au Diable known in English as the Devil's Breach is a set of two rocky outcrops over looking the Laizon river.[7] It is shared with the neighbouring commune of Soumont-Saint-Quentin.[8]

National Heritage sites

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  • Église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Potigny a thirteenth centaury church that was listed as a Monument historique in 1930.[9]

Notable people

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  • Maurice De Muer - (1921 - 2012) a professional cyclist and cycling team manager was born here.[10]

Twin towns – sister cities

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Potigny is twinned with:

See also

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References

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