Authie, Calvados
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Authie (French: [oti] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
Authie | |
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Coordinates: 49°12′24″N 0°25′50″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Caen |
Canton | Caen-2 |
Intercommunality | CU Caen Mer |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Olivier Simar[1] |
Area 1 | 3.21 km2 (1.24 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,676 |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14030 /14280 |
Elevation | 60–73 m (197–240 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]
Authie is located some 6 km (4 mi) north-west of the centre of Caen. Access to the commune is by road D220 from Villons-les-Buissons in the north-east which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Carpiquet in the south. The D220C also goes south-east from the village to the urban area of Caen. There are also the hamlets of Hameau de Saint-Louet, Franqueville, Fermie du Calvaire, and Cussy in the commune. Apart from the large residential area the commune is entirely farmland.[4]
The name of the town is attested in the forms Alteium in 1227 and Auteya in 1264.[5]
Albert Dauzat matched Authie with Authie in Somme department (Altegiam 830) on the coastal river Authie (Alteia 723) and considers it primarily as a hydronym but does not provide any further explanation.[6]
According to René Lepelley this toponym is based on the pre-Celtic element alt in an unknown sense and is close to Authou in Pont-Authou.[7]
François de Beaurepaire sees a Gallic (Celtic) element in the alt in Authou.[8]
The Gallic term Attegia was recognized by Xavier Delamarre in Atheist-type names - e.g. Athis in the sense of "cabin or hut".[9]
This analyses to ad- (pre-verb) and tegia meaning "house" (cf. Old Irish teg, old Welsh tig, Welsh Ty, Old Breton tig, and Breton ti all meaning "house").[10]
It is likely that Authie contains the same element tegia preceded by another prefix. From a phonetic point of view there is a palatalization of the intervocalic consonant where [g] becomes [j] and then an Amuïssement or attenuation of [j]>[∅], a recurrent phenomenon in phonetics.
The same author explains that Arthies (Artegiae 680) may come from *Are-tegia which is a possible solution for Authie, knowing that [r] regularly becomes [l] before a consonant.
The name Altavilla is either a medieval romanization of a place named Hauteville as in Hauteville in Manche department and therefore does not relate to Authie. It may be a scribal error for *Alteia Villa or *Villa Alteia which mentions a villa, i.e. a rural area in medieval Latin, in a place called Alteia which is Authie.
In 1832 Authie (466 inhabitants in 1831) absorbed Saint-Louet-près-Authie (9 people)[11] in the west of its territory.
The commune was liberated on 8 June 1944 but was largely destroyed in the bombing.
List of Successive Mayors[12]
From | To | Name |
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1983 | 2020 | Joël Pizy |
2020 | 2026 | Olivier Simar |
Authie has twinning associations with:[13]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Althavillais or Althavillaises in French.[14]
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Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16] |
The commune has one site that is registered as an historical monument:
The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
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