Anguerny


Anguerny is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Colomby-Anguerny.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agernynois or Agernynoises

Geography

Anguerny is located 10 kilometres north-west of Caen and 3 kilometres south of Douvres-la-Delivrande. The D79 from Caen passes through the west of the commune and continues to Basly. The D7 from Caen to Douvres-la-Delivrande passes just to the east of the commune. Access to the commune is by the D141 which links the D79 to the D7 passing through the village and the commune. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.

History

The commune was called successively Aguerne then Aguerny before taking its current name. The parish was under the authority of the Lords of Creully.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
19892001Paul Rivoalen
20012014Alain YaouancSE
20142020Jean-Luc Guillouard

Twinning

Anguerny has twinning associations with:
In 2009 the commune had 783 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.

Sites and monuments

;Saint Martin Church Picture Gallery

Activities and events

The Romanes d'Anguerny is held every two years in spring.