Amayé-sur-Orne

Amayé-sur-Orne is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. Its inhabitants are known as Amayéens or Amayéennes[2]

Amayé-sur-Orne
Commune
The Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Amayé-sur-Orne
Amayé-sur-Orne
Amayé-sur-Orne
Coordinates: 49°05′09″N 0°26′16″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonÉvrecy
IntercommunalityVallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Sylvain Colino
Area
1
5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,001
 • 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.

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.[3]

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.[3]

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[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19871994Jacques DolleySEProfessor
19942001André PorcherSECEO
20012008Nicole PerlySE
2008CurrentSylvain ColinoSEFire-fighter

(Not all data is known)

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

Amayé-sur-Orne has twinning associations with:[5]

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)[6]
  • 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)[7]

  • 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

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
    3. Google Maps
    4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
    5. National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (in French)
    6. DREAL Basse-Normandie (in French)
    7. Site of Community Importance (SIC) - Attic of the church of Amayé-sur-Orne, Ministry of Ecology and sustainable development (in French)
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