Potigny

Potigny
Miners' houses Miners' houses
Potigny
Location within Lower Normandy region Potigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise-Nord
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Gasnier
Area1	4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,750
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14516 / 14420
Elevation	125–206 m (410–676 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1896	271	—
1901	239	−11.8%
1906	223	−6.7%
1911	451	+102.2%
1921	1,473	+226.6%
1926	1,731	+17.5%
1931	2,712	+56.7%
1936	2,420	−10.8%
1946	2,374	−1.9%
1954	2,694	+13.5%
1962	2,926	+8.6%
1968	2,720	−7.0%
1975	2,408	−11.5%
1982	2,155	−10.5%
1990	1,787	−17.1%
1999	1,703	−4.7%
2008	1,750	+2.8%

International relations

Potigny is twinned with the village of Banwell in Somerset.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE