Billy (Calvados)
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| local community | Valambray | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 5 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14370 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14074 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
Billy is a former French community with 377 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Troarn (until 2015: canton of Bourguébus ).
On January 1st, 2017, the Billy parish merged with Airan , Conteville , Fierville-Bray and Poussy-la-Campagne to form the new Valambray parish .
geography
Billy is about 15 kilometers southeast of Caen .
The community of Billy was surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chicheboville in the north and northwest, Moult in the northeast, Airan in the east, Fierville-Bray in the south, Poussy-la-Campagne in the west and southwest and Conteville in the west.
Population development of the former municipality
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 277 | 210 | 218 | 282 | 325 | 317 | 330 | 377 |
Source: INSEE
Attractions
- Ruins of the Saint-Symphorien Church from the 13th century, which was destroyed in the Second World War, and the new building from 1962
Ruins of the Saint-Symphorien church
Saint-Symphorien Church (new building)
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , p. 260.
