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Fleury-sur-Orne | |
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 A general view of Fleury-sur-Orne | |
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| Coordinates:49°08′49″N0°22′31″W / 49.1469°N 0.3753°W /49.1469; -0.3753 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Caen-5 |
| Intercommunality | Caen la Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Marc Lecerf[1] (DVG) |
Area 1 | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,622 |
| • Density | 833/km2 (2,160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14271 /14123 |
| Elevation | 2–66 m (6.6–216.5 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fleury-sur-Orne (French pronunciation:[flœʁisyʁɔʁn]ⓘ, literallyFleury onOrne) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion in northwesternFrance. It is part of theCommunauté urbaine Caen la Mer and of theagglomeration ofCaen.[3]
The riverOrne is the only watercourse to flow through the commune.[4]
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Until 1916 Fleury-sur-Orne was known asAllemagne (Calvados) after theAlamanni tribe which once guarded the ford across theOrne.[6] During theFirst World War this name, meaning in FrenchGermany, became inconvenient and embarrassing for the inhabitants (unlike those ofAllemagne-en-Provence in Southern France).[7] The town council therefore decided on 23 August 1916, to change the name and to call it Fleury-sur-Orne in memory of the commune ofFleury-devant-Douaumont, a commune of theMeuse (in 1914: 422 inhabitants, school, church, town hall, 13 tradesmen, 10 landholding farmers), which was destroyed in 1916.[6]
In 1047,Duke William of Normandy (later William the Conqueror), helped byHenry I, king of France, put an end to a revolt of Norman barons at theBattle of Val-ès-Dunes, close to the villages ofChicheboville,Secqueville,Vimont andBourguébus.[8] Little is known about this battle, but it seems to have been a purely cavalry contest, with neither infantry nor archers playing a significant role.
After a series of disorderly cavalry skirmishes, the rebellious barons fled. They were slaughtered as they tried to cross theOrne, at theAthis fort close to Fleury-sur-Orne. Carried downstreamen masse, the bodies of the massacred knights blocked the mill ofBarbillon on the level of currentIle Enchantée.[9]
The victory allowed William to remainDuke of Normandy, thus setting the stage for his later brilliant battles and statecraft.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,817 | — |
| 1975 | 2,861 | +0.22% |
| 1982 | 3,650 | +3.54% |
| 1990 | 3,861 | +0.70% |
| 1999 | 4,231 | +1.02% |
| 2007 | 4,014 | −0.66% |
| 2012 | 4,299 | +1.38% |
| 2017 | 4,915 | +2.71% |
| Source: INSEE[10] | ||
The commune has two sites listed as aMonument historique.[11]
Fleury-sur-Orne istwinned with:[15][16][17][18]
Ouonck,senegal. Since 1992
Waldbüttelbrunn,Germany. Since 1994
Karpoš,North Macedonia. Since 2012
Mar del Plata,Argentina. Since 2016
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