Formigny

Formigny () 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.

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Locality: Formigny La Bataille
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 254

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French commune.name: Formigny
French commune.image: Formigny, France, view of town from distance, June 2014.jpg
French commune.caption: The Town of Formigny, with the church.
French commune.arrondissement: Bayeux
French commune.canton: Trévières
French commune.INSEE: 14281
French commune.postal code: 14710
French commune.commune: Formigny La Bataille
French commune.elevation min m: 2
French commune.elevation max m: 77
French commune.area km2: 10.86
French commune.population: 252
French commune.population date: 2019

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Official name: Formigny
Population: 251
Area: 10.86
Elevation: 42
Image: Formigny bataille02.png

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Commons category: Formigny
postal code: 14710
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2016-12-31
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Formigny () 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.

==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) absorbed Véret (70 inhabitants), 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. 8 June 1944: Formigny was liberated by elements of US 1st Infantry Division during the initial breakout from Omaha Beach.