Avenay
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Avenay
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Tombstone in the old church in Avenay Fierville16012011039.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Tombstone in the old Fierville Church at Avenay
- French commune.arrondissement
- Caen
- French commune.canton
- Évrecy
- French commune.INSEE
- 14034
- French commune.postal code
- 14210
- French commune.mayor
- Françoise Paris
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Vallées Orne Odon
- French commune.elevation m
- 90
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Avenay
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Caen
- Population
- +555
- Area
- +5.62
- Elevation
- +85
- Shares border with
- Vieux
- Official website
- avenay.jimdo.com
- Image
- Avenay - Mairie.JPG
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- Geography
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- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- Activities and events
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Avenay () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
==Geography== Avenay is located some 12 km south-west of Caen just east of Évrecy. Access to the commune is by the D36 road from Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay in the south-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D8. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Coquerie on the eastern border. The commune consists entirely of farmland.