Formigny

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Part of Formigny La Bataille in Normandy, France

Formigny
Part of Formigny La Bataille
The Town of Formigny, with the church.
Location of Formigny
49°20′14″N 0°53′52″W / 49.3372°N 0.8978°W / 49.3372; -0.8978
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Commune	Formigny La Bataille
Area ¹	10.86 km² (4.19 sq mi)
Population (2019)^[1]	252
• Density	23/km² (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14710
Elevation	2–77 m (6.6–252.6 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Formigny (French pronunciation: [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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	538	—
1800	338	−6.42%
1806	519	+7.41%
1821	487	−0.42%
1831	500	+0.26%
1836	539	+1.51%
1841	537	−0.07%
1846	527	−0.38%
1851	552	+0.93%
1856	491	−2.31%
1861	641	+5.48%
1866	617	−0.76%
1872	600	−0.46%
1876	629	+1.19%
1881	572	−1.88%
1886	540	−1.14%
1891	556	+0.59%
1896	544	−0.44%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	540	−0.15%
1906	535	−0.19%
1911	452	−3.32%
1921	418	−0.78%
1926	403	−0.73%
1931	378	−1.27%
1936	383	+0.26%
1946	350	−0.90%
1954	342	−0.29%
1962	324	−0.67%
1968	299	−1.33%
1975	256	−2.19%
1982	241	−0.86%
1990	233	−0.42%
1999	244	+0.51%
2007	257	+0.65%
2012	244	−1.03%

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

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Formigny, EHESS (in French).
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Véret, EHESS (in French).
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Engranville, EHESS (in French).
^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE