Formigny

Formigny
Formigny
Part of Formigny La Bataille
	The Town of Formigny, with the church.
	Location of Formigny
	Formigny Formigny
	Coordinates: 49°20′14″N 0°53′52″W / 49.3372°N 0.8978°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Commune	Formigny La Bataille
Area 1	10.86 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population (2019)	252
• Density	23.2/km2 (60.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14710
Elevation	2–77 m (6.6–252.6 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Formigny (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɲi] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille.^[2]

History

15 April 1450: Battle of Formigny. The battle of Formigny took place here and the French victory, marked the end of the Hundred Years War in Normandy.
In 1823, Formigny (487 inhabitants in 1821^[3]) absorbed Véret (70 inhabitants),^[4] in the northwest of the territory.
In 1858, Engranville (228 inhabitants in 1856) is divided between Formigny - most of the territory - and Trévières, in the southeast.^[5]
8 June 1944: Formigny was liberated by elements of US 1st Infantry Division during the initial breakout from Omaha Beach.

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (2007-2012)^[6]

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016 (in French)
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Formigny, EHESS (in French).
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Véret, EHESS (in French).
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Engranville, EHESS (in French).
^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE