Vieux, Calvados

Vieux (French pronunciation: [vjø] (listen)) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Vieux
Commune
Roman ruins
Location of Vieux
Vieux Vieux
Coordinates: 49°06′30″N 0°25′57″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Intercommunality	Évrecy-Orne-Odon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sophie Phelipeau
Area ^1	5.50 km^2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	686
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14747 /14930
Elevation	25–112 m (82–367 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The town contains numerous Roman era ruins, as Vieux was a Settlement called Araegenve, and appears on the Roman map, Tabula Peutingeriana.

During the Battle of Normandy in 1944, Vieux was designated as Hill 112 position, a strategic point for the Battle of Caen, the area of rue d'Esquay and the Bas de Vieux were badly affected by the allied bombardment of July 6, 1944. The portion of these streets, destroyed at this time are now dated for its name.

Sights

• The archaeological museum of Vieux-la-Romaine (as Aregenua, Vieux was capital of the Viducasses tribe).
• Roman villa of Bas de Vieux

• 
  Le chemin Haussé.
• 
  Lavoir de la place Saint-Martin
• 
  L'église Saint-Laurent.
• 
  Lavoir prés de church of Saint-Laurent.
• 
  Le lavoir romain des Mareaux.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 529 —     1800 543 +0.37% 1806 558 +0.46% 1821 546 −0.14% 1831 575 +0.52% 1836 570 −0.17% 1841 580 +0.35% 1846 570 −0.35% 1851 555 −0.53% 1856 538 −0.62% 1861 506 −1.22% 1866 476 −1.21% 1872 477 +0.03% 1876 456 −1.12% 1881 456 +0.00% 1886 410 −2.10% 1891 386 −1.20% 1896 368 −0.95%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 381 +0.70% 1906 400 +0.98% 1911 358 −2.19% 1921 361 +0.08% 1926 362 +0.06% 1931 347 −0.84% 1936 314 −1.98% 1946 283 −1.03% 1954 341 +2.36% 1962 360 +0.68% 1968 398 +1.69% 1975 411 +0.46% 1982 509 +3.10% 1990 671 +3.51% 1999 585 −1.51% 2007 578 −0.15% 2012 715 +4.35% 2017 686 −0.82%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Données Cassini, EHESS
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Site of the archaeological museum of Vieux-la-Romaine