Formigny
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Formigny
|image = Formigny, France, view of town from distance, June 2014.jpg
|caption = The Town of Formigny, with the church.
|arrondissement = Bayeux
|canton = Trévières
|INSEE = 14281
|postal code = 14710
|commune = Formigny La Bataille
|coordinates = {{coord|49.3372|-0.8978|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 2
|elevation max m = 77
|area km2 = 10.86
|population = 252
|population date = 2019
|population footnotes = [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019], INSEE
}}
Formigny ({{IPA|fr|fɔʁmiɲi|-|Fr-Formigny.ogg}}) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/8/INTB1629487A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 8 September 2016 {{in lang|fr}}
History
- 15 April 1450: Battle of Formigny. The battle of Formigny took place here and the French victory, marked the end of the Hundred Years War in Normandy.
- In 1823, Formigny (487 inhabitants in 1821) absorbed Véret (70 inhabitants),{{Cassini-Ehess|39387|Véret}} in the northwest of the territory.
- In 1858, Engranville (228 inhabitants in 1856) is divided between Formigny - most of the territory - and Trévières, in the southeast.{{Cassini-Ehess|12637|Engranville}}
- 8 June 1944: Formigny was liberated by elements of US 1st Infantry Division during the initial breakout from Omaha Beach.
Population
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|14391|Formigny}} and INSEE (2007-2012)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123878?geo=COM-14281 Populations légales 2012], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 | 538
|1800 | 338
|1806 | 519
|1821 | 487
|1831 | 500
|1836 | 539
|1841 | 537
|1846 | 527
|1851 | 552
|1856 | 491
|1861 | 641
|1866 | 617
|1872 | 600
|1876 | 629
|1881 | 572
|1886 | 540
|1891 | 556
|1896 | 544
|1901 | 540
|1906 | 535
|1911 | 452
|1921 | 418
|1926 | 403
|1931 | 378
|1936 | 383
|1946 | 350
|1954 | 342
|1962 | 324
|1968 | 299
|1975 | 256
|1982 | 241
|1990 | 233
|1999 | 244
|2007 | 257
|2012 | 244
}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://membres.lycos.fr/formigny The battle of Formigny] (in French)
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Category:Former communes of Calvados (department)
Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2017
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