Les Authieux-Papion
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(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
Les Authieux-Papion (French pronunciation: [le.z‿otjø papjɔ̃] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.[2]
Geography
Les Authieux-Papion is located some 14 km south-west of Lisieux and 11 km north-east of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives. The D47 road runs along the northern border of the commune from Mézidon-Canon in the west to join the D511 which runs down the eastern border of the commune from Saint-Julien-le-Faucon in the north-east to Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives in the south-west. Access to the village is by local roads off these two roads. There is a large forest towards the south (the Bois des Authieux) and another large forest in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]
The Viette river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west as it flows west then north to join the Vie at Le Mesnil-Mauger.[3]
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
From | To | Name |
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1979 | 2017 | Jean-Pierre Perthuis |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 63 inhabitants.
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6] |
Sites and monuments
In the Parish Church of Saint-Philbert there is a Statue: Virgin and child (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Authieux-Papion, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000029 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
External links
- les Autieux Papion on the 1750 Cassini Map
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