Les Authieux-sur-Calonne () is a commune in the Calvados department in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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of north-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Altaréens'' or ''Altaréennes''.

Geography

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne is located some 55 km north-east 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,Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

. Access to the commune is by the D534 road from Cormeilles in the south-east which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues to join the D675 just west of the commune. The D140 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune to

Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy (, literally ''Le Mesnil on Blangy'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 5 ...

in the south. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Route de Blangy, La Boudiniere, and La Grenterie. The commune is mostly farmland with some scattered forests.Google Maps
/ref> The Calonne river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west then west to join the Touques at Pont-l'Évêque. Several tributaries rise in the commune and flow north to join the Calonne including the Douet de la Thibaudiere, the Ruisseau des Rebutieres, the Ruisseau du Val Plot, and the Ryisseau de Manoir.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 286 inhabitants. Les Authieux-sur-Calonne War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne Chapel Saint Meuf

Civil heritage

The commune has two buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *The Manoir de la Porte (18th century) *The Tanning and Wheat Mill (1853)

Religious heritage

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne Chapel Saint Meuf Door

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument: *The Chapel Saint-Meuf The Chapel contains one item that is registered as an historical object: **The Portal (16th century) The Parish Church of Saint-Pierre contains many items that are registered as historical objects: *5 Statues (17th century) *A

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, 2 seating sets, Tabernacle housing (17th century) *A Painting: the Assumption (17th century) *A

Retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate structure ...

(17th century) *The

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facing (17th century) *The main Altar (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy *The main Altar (17th century) *The

facing (17th century) *A Statue: Saint Nicolas (16th century) *A Stoup and portable Stoup (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

Henry Victor Deligny Henry Victor Deligny (5 September 1855 - 2 January 1938) was a French divisional general who served in the First World War. Biography Deligny was born in Rennes in 1855, the son of Victor Valéry Deligny, a house painter, and Anne Émilie Gille ...

(1855-1938 at Authieux-sur-Calonne), General of Division in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

References

External links

A Visit to the village of Authieux-sur-Calonne and its environmentLes Authieux-sur-Calonne on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Les Autieux-sur-Calone'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Authieuxsurcalonne Communes of Calvados (department)