Vignats

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Vignats
Vignats coat of arms
Vignats (France)
Vignats
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Falaise
Community association Pays de Falaise
Coordinates 48 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  W 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

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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

  • Sainte-Marguerite Church

  • Saint-Nicolas chapel

Web links

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