Avenay
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Evrecy | |
| Community association | Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 6 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W | |
| height | 35-120 m | |
| surface | 5.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 557 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 99 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14210 | |
| INSEE code | 14034 | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) of Avenay |
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Avenay is a French municipality with 557 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Évrecy .
geography
Avenay is around 12 kilometers from Caen . The municipality is surrounded by Esquay-Notre-Dame in the north, Vieux in the northeast, Amayé-sur-Orne in the east and south-east, Maizet in the south, Vacognes-Neuilly in the south-west, Évrecy in the west and Gavrus in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 326 | 430 | 338 | 239 | 184 | 293 | 384 | 513 | 553 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Marie-de-l'Assomption church
- Castles from the 15th and 16th centuries
- Church ruins and historical tombstones
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 753-754.
Web links
Commons : Avenay - collection of images, videos and audio files
