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Isigny-sur-Mer

Coordinates: 49°19′07″N 1°06′03″W / 49.3186111111°N 1.10083333333°W / 49.3186111111; -1.10083333333
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Isigny-sur-Mer
Vire River
Vire River
Coat of arms of Isigny-sur-Mer
Location of Isigny-sur-Mer
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Isigny-sur-Mer is located in France
Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer is located in Normandy
Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°19′07″N 1°06′03″W / 49.3186111111°N 1.10083333333°W / 49.3186111111; -1.10083333333
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementBayeux
CantonIsigny-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityIsigny Grandcamp
Area
1
17.44 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
2,920
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14342 /14230
Elevation0–37 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]

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