Les Authieux-sur-Calonne (French pronunciation: [le.z‿otjø syʁ kalɔn] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Geography

Les Authieux-sur-Calonne is located some 55 km north-east of Caen and 27 km south-east of Le Havre. Access to the commune is by the D534 road from Cormeilles in the south-east which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues to join the D675 just west of the commune. The D140 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune to Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy in the south. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Route de Blangy, La Boudiniere, and La Grenterie. The commune is mostly farmland with some scattered forests.

The Calonne river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west then west to join the Touques at Pont-l'Évêque. Several tributaries rise in the commune and flow north to join the Calonne including the Douet de la Thibaudiere, the Ruisseau des Rebutieres, the Ruisseau du Val Plot, and the Ryisseau de Manoir.

Heraldry

Blazon: Gules, two lions passant guardant of Or langued of Gules one over the other, in chief Azure charged with three churches of Argent..

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	2001	Monique Hachier
2001	2008	Lionel Barle		CEO
2008	2020	Jean-Alain Charpentier		Shipping manager
2020	2026	Ludovic Legout

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Altaréens or Altaréennes in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 652 —     1800 667 +0.33% 1806 645 −0.56% 1821 634 −0.11% 1831 574 −0.99% 1836 555 −0.67% 1841 542 −0.47% 1846 501 −1.56% 1851 523 +0.86% 1856 464 −2.37% 1861 506 +1.75% 1866 502 −0.16% 1872 411 −3.28% 1876 456 +2.63% 1881 443 −0.58% 1886 408 −1.63% 1891 405 −0.15% 1896 422 +0.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 354 −3.45% 1906 402 +2.58% 1911 391 −0.55% 1921 360 −0.82% 1926 375 +0.82% 1931 347 −1.54% 1936 314 −1.98% 1946 326 +0.38% 1954 263 −2.65% 1962 230 −1.66% 1968 219 −0.81% 1975 180 −2.76% 1982 186 +0.47% 1990 219 +2.06% 1999 250 +1.48% 2007 306 +2.56% 2012 291 −1.00% 2017 286 −0.35%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has two buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Manoir de la Porte (18th century)
• The Tanning and Wheat Mill (1853)

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

• The Chapel Saint-Meuf The Chapel contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • The Portal (16th century)

The Parish Church of Saint-Pierre contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• 5 Statues (17th century)
• A Tabernacle, 2 seating sets, Tabernacle housing (17th century)
• A Painting: the Assumption (17th century)
• A Retable (17th century)
• The Altar facing (17th century)
• The main Altar (17th century)
• The main Altar (17th century)
• The Altar facing (17th century)
• A Statue: Saint Nicolas (16th century)
• A Stoup and portable Stoup (15th century)

Notable people linked to the commune

• Henry Victor Deligny (1855-1938 at Authieux-sur-Calonne), General of Division in the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department