Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer | |
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 Vire River | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Isigny-sur-Mer | |
  Isigny-sur-Mer  Isigny-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 49°19′07″N 1°06′03″W / 49.3186111111°N 1.10083333333°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Isigny-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | Isigny Grandcamp |
| Area 1 | 17.44 km2 (6.73 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | 2,920 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14342 /14230 |
| Elevation | 0–37 m (0–121 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Isigny-sur-Mer is a commune. It is found in the Normandy region in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Walt Disney's surname derives from the commune of Isigny. The earliest known ancestor of Walt Disney, with a similar name, was Jean-Christophe d'Isigny ("of Isigny"). "d'Isigny" was anglicised to Disney. d'Isigny in French means ("from Isigny").
On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Castilly, Neuilly-la-Forêt, Les Oubeaux, and Vouilly joined together to become the commune of Isigny-sur-Mer.[1]
References
- ↑ (in French) Arrêté préfectoral du 13 septembre 2016 portant création de la commune nouvelle d'Isigny-sur-Mer Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine.
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