Potigny

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Potigny
Commune
Miners' houses
Coat of arms
Location of Potigny
Potigny Location within France Show map of France Potigny Location within Normandy Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°58′19″N 0°14′48″W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W / 48.9719; -0.2467
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Kepa
Area 1	4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Highest elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Lowest elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population  (2023)	2,089
• Density	490/km2 (1,270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14516 /14420
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.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Brèche au Diable and Potigny.

The river Laizon is the only watercourse that flows through the commune.

Population

Points of Interest

• La Brèche au Diable known in English as the Devil's Breach is a set of two rocky outcrops overlooking the Laizon river. It is shared with the neighbouring commune of Soumont-Saint-Quentin.

Notable people

• Maurice De Muer - (1921 - 2012) a professional cyclist and cycling team manager was born here.

Twin towns – sister cities

Potigny is twinned with:

• - Banwell since 1999.
• - Jutrosin since 1993.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

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