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Avenay
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Avenay is a commune in France, situated within the Calvados department and the arrondissement of Caen. It lies in the Normandy region and shares borders with Amayé-sur-Orne, Esquay-Notre-Dame, Évrecy, and Maizet. The municipality is part of the canton of Évrecy and has an area of 5.62 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is 120 meters.
The population of Avenay is recorded as 572, comprising 285 males and 272 females. The postal code for the area is 14210. Avenay is twinned with Johannesberg.
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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
- 35
- French commune.elevation max m
- 120
- French commune.area km2
- 5.62
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Avenay
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Caen
- Population
- 555
- Area
- 5.62
- Elevation
- 85
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vieux
- Official website
- avenay.jimdo.com
- Image
- Avenay - Mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Avenay
- postal code
- 14210
- twinned administrative body
- Johannesberg
- associated electoral district
- canton of Évrecy
- male population
- 285
- female population
- 272
- P8168
- Johannes Vogel
- native label
- Avenay
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-9-61-37-37-04
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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.
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