Les Authieux-Papion

Les Authieux-Papion
Location of Les Authieux-Papion
Les Authieux-Papion is located in France
Les Authieux-Papion
Les Authieux-Papion
Les Authieux-Papion is located in Normandy
Les Authieux-Papion
Les Authieux-Papion
Coordinates: 49°03′57″N 0°03′14″E / 49.0658°N 0.0539°E / 49.0658; 0.0539
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonMézidon Vallée d'Auge
CommuneMézidon Vallée d'Auge
Area
1
4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
77
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14140
Elevation30–79 m (98–259 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Authieux-Papion (French pronunciation: [le.z‿otjø papjɔ̃] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.[2]

Geography

Les Authieux-Papion is located some 14 km south-west of Lisieux and 11 km north-east of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives. The D47 road runs along the northern border of the commune from Mézidon-Canon in the west to join the D511 which runs down the eastern border of the commune from Saint-Julien-le-Faucon in the north-east to Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives in the south-west. Access to the village is by local roads off these two roads. There is a large forest towards the south (the Bois des Authieux) and another large forest in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]

The Viette river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west as it flows west then north to join the Vie at Le Mesnil-Mauger.[3]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
1979 2017 Jean-Pierre Perthuis

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 63 inhabitants.

The Town Hall
Apple Trees

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint Philbert
The Statue of the Virgin and child

In the Parish Church of Saint-Philbert there is a Statue: Virgin and child (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 September 2016 (in French)
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Authieux-Papion, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
  7. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000029 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)