Amayé-sur-Orne

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Amayé-sur-Orne
Commune
The Town Hall
The Town Hall
Coat of arms of Amayé-sur-Orne
Coat of arms
Location of Amayé-sur-Orne
Amayé-sur-Orne is located in France
Amayé-sur-Orne
Amayé-sur-Orne
Coordinates: 49°05′09″N 0°26′16″W / 49.0858°N 0.4378°W / 49.0858; -0.4378Coordinates: 49°05′09″N 0°26′16″W / 49.0858°N 0.4378°W / 49.0858; -0.4378
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonÉvrecy
Intercommunality
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sylvain Colino[1]
Area
1
5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
1,009
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14006 /14210
Elevation7–109 m (23–358 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.

Amayé-sur-Orne (French pronunciation: [amaje syʁ ɔʁn] (About this soundlisten), literally Amayé on Orne) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. Its inhabitants are known as Amayéens or Amayéennes[3]

Geography[]

Amayé-sur-Orne is located approximately 10 km south-west of Caen and 5 km east of Évrecy. It can be accessed by road D212 from Vieux in the north which continues south to Thury-Harcourt and by road D41 from Evrecy in the west which continues to Clinchamps-sur-Orne in the east. Closely located to the town are a number of hamlets including: Saint-Lambert, La Butte, Le Pont du Coudray, and Les Godets. These villages form a single conurbation with the village. The rest of the commune is entirely farmland.[4]

The eastern border of the commune is formed by the Orne river. A stream, flows through the village and down to the Orne and another stream flowing to the Orne forms the southern boundary of the commune. The Guigne stream forms the northern border of the commune and also flows to the Orne.[4]

Heraldry[]

Arms of Amayé-sur-Orne
 Blazon:

Party per fesse, the first gules a Danish cross of Or voided, to dexter chief two lions passant gardant the same; the second Vert, fess in chief argent, a chevron inverted of Or and chief of Or, a castel azure of two towers domed argent with walls sloped.



Administration[]

A Walking Path in Spring

List of Successive Mayors of Amayé-sur-Orne[5]

From To Name Party Position
1987 1994 Jacques Dolley ind. Professor
1994 2001 André Porcher ind. CEO
2001 2008 Nicole Perly ind.
2008 2026 Sylvain Colino ind. Fire-fighter

Twinning[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Amayé-sur-Orne has twinning associations with:[6]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006945—    
2007982+3.9%
20081,019+3.8%
20091,024+0.5%
20101,026+0.2%
20111,015−1.1%
20121,004−1.1%
2013993−1.1%
2014988−0.5%
2015985−0.3%
2016993+0.8%

Sites and Monuments[]

The War Memorial
  • The Ifs Cemetery is a listed site (SC 9 January 1933)[7]
  • The 'Butte de l'Orne is another World Heritage Site (SC 9 January 1933)
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry)
  • The Chateau de la Butte (19th century)
  • The Chateau de Vaux (18th century)

The Bell Tower Attic of the Church of Notre Dame hosts breeding colonies of large bats and is a registered Site of Community Importance (SIC)[8]

Gallery[]

  • A yew tree in the cemetery

  • The Lavoir

  • The Church of Notre-Dame

  • Church of Notre Dame bell tower

  • Greater mouse-eared bat

See also[]

  • Communes of the Calvados department

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Google Maps
  5. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ^ National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (in French)
  7. ^ DREAL Basse-Normandie (in French)
  8. ^ Site of Community Importance (SIC) - Attic of the church of Amayé-sur-Orne[permanent dead link], Ministry of Ecology and sustainable development (in French)

External links[]

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