Potigny

Potigny () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Brèche au Diable and Potigny.

The river Laizon is the only watercourse that flows through the commune.

Population

Points of Interest

• La Brèche au Diable known in English as the Devil's Breach is a set of two rocky outcrops over looking the Laizon river. It is shared with the neighbouring commune of Soumont-Saint-Quentin.

National Heritage sites

• Église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Potigny a thirteenth centaury church that was listed as a Monument historique in 1930.

Notable people

• Maurice De Muer - (1921 - 2012) a professional cyclist and cycling team manager was born here.

Twin towns – sister cities

Potigny is twinned with:

• - Banwell since 1999.
• - Jutrosin since 1993.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References