Potigny

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Commune in Normandy, France

Potigny
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°58′19′′N 0°14′48′′W / 48.9719°N 0.2467°W / 48.9719; -0.2467
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Kepa^[1]
Area ¹	4.26 km² (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,076
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14516 /14420
Elevation	125–206 m (410–676 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Potigny (French pronunciation: [pɔtiɲi] ⁱ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	375	—
1851	402	+0.12%
1896	271	−0.87%
1901	239	−2.48%
1906	223	−1.38%
1911	451	+15.13%
1921	1,473	+12.56%
1926	1,731	+3.28%
1931	2,742	+9.64%
1936	2,420	−2.47%
1946	2,403	−0.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1954	2,694	+1.44%
1962	2,926	+1.04%
1968	2,720	−1.21%
1975	2,408	−1.73%
1982	2,120	−1.80%
1990	1,776	−2.19%
1999	1,703	−0.47%
2007	1,734	+0.23%
2012	1,886	+1.69%
2017	2,075	+1.93%