Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Canton | Evrecy | |
| Community association | Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 29-87 m | |
| surface | 10.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,560 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 239 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14320 | |
| INSEE code | 14623 | |
| Website | www.saint-martin-de-fontenay.fr | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay |
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Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay is a French commune with 2,560 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 (until 2015: canton of Bourguébus ). The inhabitants are called Martifontains .
geography
Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay is about seven kilometers south of Caen . Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Fleury-sur-Orne in the north and north-west,
- Ifs in the north and northeast, Hubert-Folie in the northeast,
- Castine-en-Plaine with Tilly-la-Campagne in the east and Rocquancourt in the southeast,
- Fontenay-le-Marmion in the south,
- May-sur-Orne in the southwest,
- Saint-André-sur-Orne to the west.
The former route nationale 162 (today's D562A) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 766 | 895 | 1,319 | 1,418 | 1,884 | 1,881 | 2,068 | 2,571 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, built in 1962 on the site of the previous church, which was destroyed in 1944, with parts of it
- Saint-Jacques Chapel in Verrières
- Ruins of the Troteval chapel
- Calvary
- Oratorio
Personalities
- Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin (1802-1897), geographer
- Arlette Ben Hamo (* 1930), track and field athlete (pentathlon, European champion 1950)
- Pascal Mahé (* 1963), handball player and coach
Community partnerships
Partnerships have existed with the French community of Biganos in the Gironde department (Aquitaine) since 1991 and with the German community of Stockstadt am Main in Lower Franconia (Bavaria) since 1993.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 302-304.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay - collection of images, videos and audio files
