Formigny
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonTrévières
Insee14281
Postal code14710
CommuneFormigny La Bataille
Coordinates49.3372°N 0.8978°W
Elevation min m2
Elevation max m77
Area km 210.86
Population252
Population date2019
Population footnotes[1]

Formigny (fɔʁmiɲi) 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.[2]

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[3]) absorbed Véret (70 inhabitants),[4] 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.[5]
  • 8 June 1944: Formigny was liberated by elements of US 1st Infantry Division during the initial breakout from Omaha Beach.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793538—
1800338−37.2%
1806519+53.6%
1821487−6.2%
1831500+2.7%
1836539+7.8%
1841537−0.4%
1846527−1.9%
1851552+4.7%
1856491−11.1%
1861641+30.5%
1866617−3.7%
1872600−2.8%
1876629+4.8%
1881572−9.1%
1886540−5.6%
1891556+3.0%
1896544−2.2%
1901540−0.7%
1906535−0.9%
1911452−15.5%
1921418−7.5%
1926403−3.6%
1931378−6.2%
1936383+1.3%
1946350−8.6%
1954342−2.3%
1962324−5.3%
1968299−7.7%
1975256−14.4%
1982241−5.9%
1990233−3.3%
1999244+4.7%
2007257+5.3%
2012244−5.1%

EHESS[3] and INSEE (2007-2012)[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
  3. ^
  4. ^
  5. ^
  6. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE