Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay

Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
Part of Saint-Martin-de-May
The eastern road into the village
Location of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
Coordinates: 49°07′N 0°22′W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Évrecy
Commune	Saint-Martin-de-May
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	2,511
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14320
Elevation	29–87 m (95–285 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də fɔ̃tnɛ] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, northwestern France. It was merged with May-sur-Orne to form Saint-Martin-de-May on 1 January 2025.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 589 —     1800 539 −1.26% 1806 482 −1.85% 1821 454 −0.40% 1831 451 −0.07% 1836 437 −0.63% 1841 450 +0.59% 1846 453 +0.13% 1851 456 +0.13% 1856 460 +0.17% 1861 498 +1.60% 1866 472 −1.07% 1872 428 −1.62% 1876 443 +0.86% 1881 429 −0.64% 1886 422 −0.33% 1891 436 +0.65% 1896 410 −1.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 418 +0.39% 1906 432 +0.66% 1911 419 −0.61% 1921 449 +0.69% 1926 452 +0.13% 1931 510 +2.44% 1936 502 −0.32% 1946 348 −3.60% 1954 647 +8.06% 1962 766 +2.13% 1968 895 +2.63% 1975 1,319 +5.70% 1982 1,418 +1.04% 1990 1,884 +3.62% 1999 1,881 −0.02% 2007 2,188 +1.91% 2012 2,571 +3.28% 2017 2,560 −0.09%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns – sister cities

• Stockstadt am Main, Germany, since 1993
• Biganos, France, since 1991

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department