Caligny

Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Caligny

(2020–2026) Gilles Rabache^[1]Area

14.97 km² (5.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

835 • Density56/km² (140/sq mi)DemonymCaligniensTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

61070 /61100

Elevation89–210 m (292–689 ft)
(avg. 109 m or 358 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caligny (French pronunciation: [kaliɲi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Pertiller,La Boulière and Caligny.^[4]

The commune has 5 watercourses running through it three rivers the Noireau, Visance & the Vere, and two streams the Aubusson & Vallee.

Neighbouring communes^[4]

Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont

Condé-en-Normandie

Saint-Pierre-du-Regard

La Bazoque & Cerisy-Belle-Étoile

Caligny

Montilly-sur-Noireau

La Lande-Patry & Cerisy-Belle-Étoile

Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers

Heraldry

The arms of Caligny are blazoned :
Sable, 3 eagles wings lowered Or.

Notre-Dame du Chene
Notre-Dame du Chene inside

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Caligny · 61100, France". Caligny · 61100, France.