Canisy

Canisy
Canisy
Commune
	The château de Canisy
	Location of Canisy
	Canisy Canisy
	Coordinates: 49°04′37″N 1°10′28″W / 49.0769°N 1.1744°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Canton	Saint-Lô-2
Intercommunality	Saint-Lô Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Lebehot
Area 1	18.15 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,734
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50095 /50750
Elevation	39–116 m (128–381 ft) ; (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Canisy (French pronunciation: [kanizi]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Saint-Ébremond-de-Bonfossé was merged into Canisy.^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Canisy	The arms of Canisy are blazoned : Vairy Or and gules, on a bend azure, a millrind between 2 horse-brays Or. The Vairy Or and gules is from the arms of the de Kergorlay family, former lords of Canisy and still owners of the castle.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 22 July 2016 (in French)

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