Vignats
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Caen | |
Canton | Falaise | |
Community association | Pays de Falaise | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ W | |
height | 86-175 m | |
surface | 8.8 km 2 | |
Residents | 289 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 14700 | |
INSEE code | 14751 |
Vignats is a French municipality with 289 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 Falaise (until 2015: canton of Morteaux-Coulibœuf ).
geography
Vignats is located in the south of the Caen Plain , around 8 kilometers southeast of Falaise and 41 kilometers south-southeast of Caen . The municipality is surrounded by Pertheville-Ners in the north, Fourches in the east, Merri in the east and south-east, Brieux in the south and south-east, Nécy in the south and La Hoguette in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
Residents | 295 | 299 | 266 | 249 | 206 | 224 | 243 | 281 |
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Marguerite Monastery, originally a Benedictine priory from 1130, founded as a monastery in 1623
- Sainte-Marguerite church from the 13th century, rebuilt in 1634
- Saint-Nicolas chapel from the 11th century, alterations from the 18th and 20th centuries
Web links
Commons : Vignats - collection of images, videos and audio files