Grangues

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Grangues
Commune
The church in Grangues
Coat of arms
Location of Grangues
Grangues Location within France Show map of France Grangues Location within Normandy Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°16′02″N 0°03′14″W / 49.2672°N 0.0539°W / 49.2672; -0.0539
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Cabourg
Intercommunality	CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Moisson
Area 1	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Highest elevation	141 m (463 ft)
Lowest elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2023)	288
• Density	43.6/km2 (113/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14316 /14160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grangues (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ɡ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.

Population

Name

The attested forms are de Girangis, without date (cartulary of Préaux); Granchae in 1198 (magni rotuli scacc. p. 58, 2); [Johannes de] Guerengues in 1216 (AC, H 321); [Apud] Grengueis in 1220; Grengues in 1282 (AN, J 220,2); Greyngues in 1282 (cart. norm. n° 996, p. 256); Granges Generenciæ in the 13th century (cart. of Préaux); Grenguez 14th century; Grenchiæ 16th century (Lisieux, p. 52).

This is a medieval toponymic formation, probably old since it is not preceded by the definite article. François de Beaurepaire brings Grangues closer to Goring (Oxford, Garinges 10th century); Goring (Sussex, Garinges 10th century) and Gerringe (Denmark, Gaeringhe 1470), without specifying the etymology. The two British Gorings admit as etymology, either "property of the family or relatives of a man called *Gāra, an unattested Old English personal name, followed by the Germanic suffix -ingas, or “the people at the end, from the corner of the piece of land”, on Old English gāra 'piece of land' + suffix -ingas. The Old Norse word geiri influenced by the Old English gāra 'piece of land, probably triangular' > gaire, is well attested in Norman toponymy, generally it gave the microtoponyms La Gare or La Guerre.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

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