Anisy

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Anisy

|commune status = Commune

|image = Anisy eglise.jpg

|caption = Church of Saint Peter

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Anizy (Calvados).svg

|arrondissement = Caen

|canton = Courseulles-sur-Mer

|INSEE = 14015

|postal code = 14610

|mayor = Nicolas Delahaye{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Cœur de Nacre

|coordinates = {{coord|49.2519|-0.3908|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 50

|elevation min m = 44

|elevation max m = 67

|area km2 = 4.19

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Anisy ({{IPA|fr|anizi|-|Fr-Anisy.ogg}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Geography

Anisy is located some 8 km north by north-west of Caen and 4 km south of Douvres-la-Délivrande. It can be accessed by the D79 road from Caen passing through the west of the commune and continuing to Anguerny. The village can be accessed by the D220 road from Mathieu in the east passing through the village and the commune and continuing to Villons-les-Buissons in the south-west. The D220A branches off the D220 in the village and goes south to Cambes-en-Plaine. The D141 from Mathieu to Anguerny also passes through the north-eastern tip of the commune. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.Google Maps

{{Geographic location

| title = Neighbouring communes and villages

|width=auto

|Centre = Anisy

|North = Anguerny

|Northeast = Plumetot

|East = Mathieu

|Southeast = Épron

|South = Cambes-en-Plaine

|Southwest = Villons-les-Buissons

|West = Thaon

|Northwest = Fontaine-Henry

}}

History

The commune was founded in the 11th century by the Anisy family.

Anisy was liberated by The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on the first evening of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. The Rifles were the only Regiment to reach its assigned objective that day.

=Heraldry=

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason ville fr Anizy (Calvados).svg

|legend1=Arms of Anisy

|text=

Blazon:

Argent, semy of billetty of Sable with a lion the same crowned in Or, tongued and armed in Gules debruised by all.

}}

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=18578 List of Mayors of France]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
class="wikitable"
?	1995	Michel Leparquier
1995	2001	Daniel Armand		Telecoms technician
2001	2014	Maurice Lambert	ind.	Retired Farmer
2014	2026	Nicolas Delahaye

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anisiens or Anisiennes in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14015#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |290

|1975 |318

|1982 |388

|1990 |520

|1999 |633

|2007 |665

|2012 |681

|2017 |730

}}

Sites and monuments

Church of Saint Peter (12th and 13th centuries), registered as a historical monument in 1927.

Anisy église Saint-Pierre portail.jpg|The entrance of the Church of Saint-Pierre.

Anisy mare.jpg|The source of the Dan river.

Notable people linked to the commune

Madeleine Barbulée, French actress, born on 2 September 1910 at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. She died on 1 January 2001 in Paris and was buried in the cemetery at Anisy.

References

Category:Communes of Calvados (department)