Potigny

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Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Potigny

(2020–2026) Gérard Kepa^[1]Area

4.26 km² (1.64 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,077 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

14516 /14420

Elevation125–206 m (410–676 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Potigny (French pronunciation: [pɔtiɲi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	375	—
1851	402	+0.12%
1896	271	−0.87%
1901	239	−2.48%
1906	223	−1.38%
1911	451	+15.13%
1921	1,473	+12.56%
1926	1,731	+3.28%
1931	2,742	+9.64%
1936	2,420	−2.47%
1946	2,403	−0.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1954	2,694	+1.44%
1962	2,926	+1.04%
1968	2,720	−1.21%
1975	2,408	−1.73%
1982	2,120	−1.80%
1990	1,776	−2.19%
1999	1,703	−0.47%
2007	1,734	+0.23%
2012	1,886	+1.69%
2017	2,075	+1.93%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

International relations

Potigny is twinned with the village of Banwell in Somerset.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Potigny, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE