Anisy | |
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 Church of Saint Peter | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Anisy | |
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| Coordinates:49°15′07″N0°23′27″W / 49.2519°N 0.3908°W /49.2519; -0.3908 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Courseulles-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de Nacre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Nicolas Delahaye[1] |
Area 1 | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 819 |
| • Density | 195/km2 (506/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14015 /14610 |
| Elevation | 44–67 m (144–220 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. | |
Anisy (French pronunciation:[anizi]ⓘ) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion of north-westernFrance.
Anisy is located some 8 km north by north-west ofCaen and 4 km south ofDouvres-la-Délivrande. It can be accessed by the D79 road from Caen passing through the west of the commune and continuing toAnguerny. The village can be accessed by the D220 road fromMathieu in the east passing through the village and the commune and continuing toVillons-les-Buissons in the south-west. The D220A branches off the D220 in the village and goes south toCambes-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.[3]
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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 theNormandy landings on 6 June 1944. The Rifles were the only Regiment to reach its assigned objective that day.
| Blazon: Argent, semy of billetty of Sable with a lion the same crowned in Or, tongued and armed in Gules debruised by all. |
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | 1995 | Michel Leparquier | ||
| 1995 | 2001 | Daniel Armand | Telecoms technician | |
| 2001 | 2014 | Maurice Lambert | ind. | Retired Farmer |
| 2014 | 2026 | Nicolas Delahaye |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAnisiens orAnisiennes in French.[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 290 | — |
| 1975 | 318 | +1.33% |
| 1982 | 388 | +2.88% |
| 1990 | 520 | +3.73% |
| 1999 | 633 | +2.21% |
| 2007 | 665 | +0.62% |
| 2012 | 681 | +0.48% |
| 2017 | 730 | +1.40% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
