10-645: Authie is the name of several places in France: Authie, Calvados , commune of the Calvados département Authie, Somme , commune of the Somme département Authie (river) , a river in northern France [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
20-558: A Gallic (Celtic) element in the alt in Authou. The Gallic term Attegia was recognized by Xavier Delamarre in Atheist -type names - e.g. Athis in the sense of "cabin or hut". This analyses to ad- (pre-verb) and tegia meaning "house" (cf. Old Irish teg , old Welsh tig , Welsh Ty , Old Breton tig , and Breton ti all meaning "house"). It is likely that Authie contains the same element tegia preceded by another prefix. From
30-403: A phonetic point of view there is a palatalization of the intervocalic consonant where [g] becomes [j] and then an Amuïssement or attenuation of [j]>[∅], a recurrent phenomenon in phonetics. The same author explains that Arthies ( Artegiae 680) may come from *Are-tegia which is a possible solution for Authie, knowing that [r] regularly becomes [l] before a consonant. The name Altavilla
40-694: Is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France . The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom . Authie is located some 6 km (4 mi) north-west of the centre of Caen . Access to the commune is by road D220 from Villons-les-Buissons in
50-521: Is attested in the forms Alteium in 1227 and Auteya in 1264. Albert Dauzat matched Authie with Authie in Somme department ( Altegiam 830) on the coastal river Authie ( Alteia 723) and considers it primarily as a hydronym but does not provide any further explanation. According to René Lepelley this toponym is based on the pre-Celtic element alt in an unknown sense and is close to Authou in Pont-Authou . François de Beaurepaire sees
60-519: Is either a medieval romanization of a place named Hauteville as in Hauteville in Manche department and therefore does not relate to Authie . It may be a scribal error for *Alteia Villa or *Villa Alteia which mentions a villa, i.e. a rural area in medieval Latin, in a place called Alteia which is Authie. In 1832 Authie (466 inhabitants in 1831) absorbed Saint-Louet-près-Authie (9 people) in
70-490: Is registered as an historical object: Hauteville-la-Guichard Hauteville-la-Guichard ( French pronunciation: [otvil la ɡiʃaʁ] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France (population: 425 in 2006). It is thought to be the original stronghold of the Hauteville family who made their fortunes in southern Italy and Sicily as the Norman kings of Sicily , beginning with
80-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Authie&oldid=540344222 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Authie, Calvados Authie ( French: [oti] )
90-404: The north-east which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Carpiquet in the south. The D220C also goes south-east from the village to the urban area of Caen. There are also the hamlets of Hameau de Saint-Louet, Franqueville, Fermie du Calvaire, and Cussy in the commune. Apart from the large residential area the commune is entirely farmland. The name of the town
100-543: The west of its territory. The commune was liberated on 8 June 1944 but was largely destroyed in the bombing. List of Successive Mayors Authie has twinning associations with: The inhabitants of the commune are known as Althavillais or Althavillaises in French. The commune has one site that is registered as an historical monument: The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The Church contains one item that
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