Vaudry

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Vaudry
Vaudry (France)
Vaudry
local community Vire Normandy
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Coordinates 48 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 51 ′  W
Post Code 14500
Former INSEE code 14730
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée

Saint Martin Church

Vaudry ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a former French commune with 1,426 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Vaudriciens , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . Audio file / audio sample

On January 1, 2016, Vaudry was incorporated into the new municipality of Vire Normandie as part of a regional reform together with seven neighboring municipalities .

geography

Vaudry borders directly on the local area of Vire , which is east of Vaudry. Flers , in the Orne department , is around 25 kilometers away.

Population development

year 1793 1836 1876 1926 1946 1968 1990 2013
Residents 822 1,513 1,595 1,218 1,883 1,291 1,445 1,486
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Attractions

The convent building
  • Saint-Martin church from the 17th century; large parts of the interior are as Monument historique classified
  • Castles from the 14th to 16th centuries century
  • 17th century convent of Blon, monument historique since 1986
  • Saint-Roch chapel from 1843

Web links

Commons : Vaudry  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
  2. ^ Vaudry - Cassini
  3. ^ Church of Saint-Martin in the Palissy database of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ^ Convent of Blon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)