Anguerny () is a former commune in the Calvados

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in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Colomby-Anguerny. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Agernynois'' or ''Agernynoises''

Geography

Anguerny is located 10 kilometres north-west of

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Douvres-la-Delivrande. The D79 from Caen passes through the west of the commune and continues to Basly. The D7 from Caen to Douvres-la-Delivrande passes just to the east of the commune. Access to the commune is by the D141 which links the D79 to the D7 passing through the village and the commune. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.Google Maps
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History

The commune was called successively ''Aguerne'' then ''Aguerny'' before taking its current name. The parish was under the authority of the Lords of Creully.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Twinning

Anguerny has twinning associations with: * East Woodhay (United Kingdom) since 1997.

Demography

In 2013 the commune had 754 inhabitants.

Sites and monuments

*The Church of Saint Martin Bell Tower (11th century) is classified as an historical monument. The church contains four items that are registered as historical objects: **A Tabernacle and Seating (19th century) **A Painting: Calvary (17th century) **A Retable (17th century) **The main Altar: The Crucifixion (1760)Ministry of Culture, Palissy *A Tithe barn *2 Festival halls ;Saint Martin Church Picture Gallery File:L'église Saint-Martin à Anguerny.JPG, Church of Saint Martin File:Clocher de l'église Saint- Martin à Anguerny.JPG, The Bell Tower File:Fonts baptismaux de l'église St Martin à Anguerny.JPG, The Baptismal Font File:Autel et retable de l'église St Martin à Anguerny.JPG, Altar and Retable

Activities and events

The ''Romanes d'Anguerny'' is held every two years in spring.