Canisy
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
| Canton | Saint-Lô-2 | |
| Community association | Saint-Lô Agglo | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 5 ′ N , 1 ° 11 ′ W | |
| height | 39–116 m | |
| surface | 18.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,796 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 99 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50750 | |
| INSEE code | 50095 | |
| Website | http://www.canisy.fr/ | |
 Mairie Canisy |
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Canisy is a French commune with 1,796 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the canton of Saint-Lô-2 .
geography
Canisy is located in northern France on the Cotentin peninsula , 8 kilometers southwest of Saint-Lô , the capital of the arrondissement . Up until December 31, 2016, the neighboring communities of Canisy were:
- Le Mesnil-Amey in the northwest,
- Saint-Gilles in the north,
- Saint-Ébremond-de-Bonfossé in the east,
- Quibou in the southwest.
The municipality covers 625 hectares, the mean height is 78 meters above sea level , the Mairie stands at a height of 62 meters. The Terrette , a tributary of the Taute , and the Joigne flow through the municipality.
Canisy is assigned to a climate zone of type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ): warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population as of January 1, 2017 |
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| Canisy (administrative headquarters) | 50095 | 6.25 | 1,060 |
| Saint-Ébremond-de-Bonfossé | 50465 | 10.90 | 736 |
history
During the Second World War , Canisy was occupied by the German army, which used Canisy Castle as a base of operations . In August 1944, Canisy was liberated by Operation Cobra , but the castle was badly damaged in the process.
Saint-Ébremond-de-Bonfossé was incorporated with effect from January 1, 2017. Canisy has been a nouvelle commune ever since .
Culture and sights
Canisy Castle was built in the Middle Ages and rebuilt in the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. It is surrounded by 30 hectares of park. The property is so large that part of it is in the territory of the commune of Saint-Gilles. The park was laid out in the first half of the 17th century, refurbished in the English style from 1830 and later, from 1925, redesigned in the neoclassical style by the landscape architect Achille Duchêne (1866-1947) . Some notable outbuildings have been preserved, including the old stables, the orangery , the greenhouses and the adjacent vegetable garden. The stables of the Ferme de la Mesnagerie were built in 1854, the barn of the Ferme de Saint-Gilles and the round vegetable garden were built around 1850. The mill of Saint-Gilles, built in 1815, and the mill of Canisy were also part of the property. The castle is partly classified as a Monument historique ('historical monument'), partly entered in the additional directory of the Monuments historiques . It is privately owned.
In the church of Saint-Pierre there is a painted and gilded limestone statue of the Virgin and Child from the 14th century. The statue was classified as a Historic Monument in 1974.
Local products
In the municipality there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Camembert de Normandie , Pont-l'Évêque (cheese) , Calvados , Pommeau de Normandie and lamb (Prés-salés du Mont-Saint-Michel) . The lambs graze on the salty meadows on the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel . Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) also apply to pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider with the names de Normandie or normand .
Personalities
- Jean Follain (* 1903 in Canisy, † 1971 in Paris ), writer. He received the literary prize Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française in 1970. In 1942 he wrote a book about his birthplace.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Le village de Canisy. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 14, 2012 (French).
- ↑ current population according to INSEE
- ↑ Château de Canisy ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Entry No. 50095 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Entry No. 50095 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ L'élevage de mouton de pré-salé. Association Interdépartementale Manche - Ille-et-Vilaine, accessed on September 13, 2012 (French).
- ^ Yves Lecouturier: Célèbres de Normandie . Orep Editions, 2007, ISBN 978-2-915762-13-6 , pp. 16 . (French)
