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19-887: The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom . The commune is located at the foot of the foothills of the Armorican Massif on the Odon river a few kilometres east from its source. It is at the heart of the Pre-Bocage country of transition between the Caen plain, the Bessin , and the Bocage virois with which it

38-441: Is also connected. Located at the intersection of several county roads, the agglomeration is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Villers-Bocage , 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-west of Caen , and 31 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Vire . The D8 goes north-east to Bauquay and Caen. The D6 connects Aunay to Villers-Bocage in the north and Thury-Harcourt to the south-east. The D54 joins Cahagnes and Caumont-l'Éventé in

57-540: Is at Caen-Carpiquet 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west. Pré-Bocage country however differs in the annual rainfall which in Aunay-sur-Odon is around 950 mm. The name was attested as castellum Alnei in 1142. It is derived from the Latin Alnus meaning "alder". In 1895 the commune of Aunay became Aunay-sur-Odon. The Odon passes along the west of the town. The town is located that had been already occupied in

76-555: Is based in Aunay-sur-Odon. Aunay-sur-Odon has a nursery school and a public elementary school. Secondary education is provided by the Charles Lemaître College who also host a general and vocational education section. Aunay-sur-Odon has twinning associations with: The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aunais or Aunaises in French. Aunay-sur-Odon is part of the tourist destination of Bocage Normand . Guided tours of

95-773: Is considered part of the core of the Hercynian orogeny, comparable to the Moldanubian Zone of southern Germany and central Europe. Late Hercynian granitoid bodies were intruded along the South Armorican Shear Zone. The northern parts of the Armorican Massif have less intrusive rocks, although a small zone in the northwest of Brittany ( Léon Zone ) forms an exception. 48°N 3°W  /  48°N 3°W  / 48; -3 Jurques Jurques ( French pronunciation: [ʒyʁk] )

114-619: Is important because it is connected to Dover on the British side of the English Channel and there has been tilting back and forth that has controlled the geography on both sides. Its name comes from the old Armorica , a Gaul area between the rivers Loire and Seine . The massif is composed of metamorphic and magmatic rocks that were metamorphosed and/or deformed during the Hercynian or Variscan orogeny (400 to 280 million years ago) and

133-570: Is just 417 m (1,368 ft) above sea level. The western part of the Armorican Massif (which covers Brittany) are the Monts d'Arrée . During the Neoproterozoic , older parts of the Armorican Massif formed the northern margin of the paleocontinent Gondwana . During the Paleozoic era , the Armorican Massif was part of the microcontinent Armorica , which probably also included terranes found in

152-575: The Monumental statistic of Calvados (in French) by Arcisse de Caumont (1857). The fortress was used until the Hundred Years War and was destroyed by Bertrand du Guesclin . In 1131 the town had an abbey founded by Jordan and Luce of Say and Richard of Hommet, constable of Normandy. Originally dependent on Savigny Abbey , it became Cistercian at the end of the 12th century. It was heavily damaged in

171-552: The Orne by its tributary the Odon which crosses the commune from west to north and which has its source in the neighbouring commune of Ondefontaine . Several small tributaries feed it such as the Douvette which marks the boundary with Courvaudon in the east and the Ruisseau du Val Boquet on the north-west border. The highest point of 307 to 310 metres (1,007 to 1,017 ft) is located in

190-725: The Vosges , Black Forest and Bohemian Massif further east. Armorica rifted off the northern margin of Gondwana somewhere during the Ordovician or Silurian periods to move northward and collide with Laurussia during the Hercynian orogeny. The oldest rocks of the massif are Neoproterozoic sediments of the Brioverian Supergroup which were deformed and metamorphosed during the Cadomian orogeny. These are overlain by lower Paleozoic ( Cambrian to Devonian ) (meta-)sediments. The whole sequence

209-588: The wars of religion . On 22 August 1886 the Caen-Aunay-Saint-Georges railway line was opened. It was then extended to Vire on 1 June 1891. Passenger service on the line was suspended on 1 March 1938. Freight service was limited to Jurques then permanently suspended. The line was then decommissioned. Today the Rue de la Gare is a reminder of the lost line. In 1944 due to its position as a crossroads, this time between Caen and Vire and between Bayeux and Falaise,

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228-520: The Gallo-Roman era as it was at the crossroads of ancient routes from Vieux to Avranches and from Bayeux to Condé-sur-Noireau . The Roman de Rou by Wace mentions a Lord of Alnei said to have participated in the conquest of England along with William the Conqueror . The remains of his castle from the 12th century, overlooking the present Petit Pied du Bois , are described in the third volume of

247-465: The city are available from the tourist office. There are hiking and biking trails at the entry point to Norman Switzerland . Armorican Massif The Armorican Massif ( French : Massif armoricain , pronounced [masif aʁmɔʁikɛ̃] ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France , including Brittany , the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire . It

266-473: The city suffered two strategic bombardments by the Allies. On 12 June two waves of aircraft destroyed all of the town centre killing a hundred people. On the night of 14 to 15 June the town was totally destroyed by a new wave of bombing. The town was completely destroyed with the precarious bell tower the only remaining building. Over 25% of the inhabitants were killed. Reconstruction was organized very quickly with

285-614: The earlier Cadomian orogeny (650 to 550 million years ago). The region was uplifted when the Bay of Biscay opened during the Cretaceous period . The Cantabrian Mountains and the Armorican Massif were then rift shoulders of the Bay of Biscay. The competent old rocks of the Armorican Massif have been eroded to a plateaulike peneplain . The highest summit, the Mont des Avaloirs ( Mayenne département),

304-479: The first stone of the new town being laid on 23 November 1947 by Mr. Kerisel, construction manager at the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism. It was completed in 1951 under the leadership of architect P. Dureuil. Barry of 12 Gules and Argent. The council was composed of 23 members including the mayor and six deputy mayors. List of Successive Mayors A squadron of Mobile Gendarmerie (EGM 24/3)

323-496: The north-west through the village to Roucamps , Le Plessis-Grimoult , and Condé-sur-Noireau in the south. The D26 goes to Vire via Danvou-la-Ferrière and Estry in the south-west. The D213 goes to Courvaudon in the east with the D234 branching to serve Bonnemaison . The D214 goes north to Longvillers . The D291A goes west to La Bigne . Aunay-sur-Odon is in the Drainage basin of

342-466: The south on the border with Roucamps in a wood overlooking a place called Pied de la Bruyère . The lowest point is at 98 metres (322 ft) corresponding to the exit of the Odon from the commune to the north. The commune is about one eighth urban, forested throughout the southern part, and Bocage on the rest. As in all of western France, Aunay-sur-Odon has an oceanic climate . The nearest weather station

361-481: Was deformed, metamorphosed and intruded by felsic magmas during the Hercynian orogeny. The massif is cut in three by two major late Hercynian southeast-northwest striking shear zones (the North and South Armorican Shear Zones ). The divisions are simply called the North , Central and South Armorican Zones . Generally the north was less deformed during the Hercynian orogeny than the south. The South Armorican Zone

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