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Potigny

Coordinates: 48°58′19″N 0°14′48″W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W

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Potigny
Commune
Miners' houses
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Location of Potigny
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Coordinates: 48°58′19″N 0°14′48″W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W / 48.9719; -0.2467
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Gasnier
Area ¹	4.26 km² (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]	2,077
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14516 /14420
Elevation	125–206 m (410–676 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	271	—
1901	239	−11.8%
1906	223	−6.7%
1911	451	+102.2%
1921	1,473	+226.6%
1926	1,731	+17.5%
1931	2,712	+56.7%
1936	2,420	−10.8%
1946	2,374	−1.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1954	2,694	+13.5%
1962	2,926	+8.6%
1968	2,720	−7.0%
1975	2,408	−11.5%
1982	2,155	−10.5%
1990	1,787	−17.1%
1999	1,703	−4.7%
2008	1,750	+2.8%

International relations

Potigny is twinned with the village of Banwell in Somerset.

See also

Communes of the Calvados department

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

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