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Aunay-sur-Odon is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region of north-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aunais'' or ''Aunaises''.〔(Inhabitants of Calvados ) 〕 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''.〔(Aunay-sur-Odon in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom ) 〕 ==Geography== 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 is also connected. Located at the intersection of several county roads, the agglomeration is south of Villers-Bocage, south-west of Caen, and 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 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.〔(Google Maps )〕 Aunay-sur-Odon is in the Drainage basin of 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 is located in the south on the border with Roucamps in a wood overlooking a place called ''Pied de la Bruyère''. The lowest point is at 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 is at Caen-Carpiquet north-west.〔Orthodromic distances from (Lion 1906 website ) 〕 Pré-Bocage country however differs in the annual rainfall which in Aunay-sur-Odon is around 950 mm.〔(Normal Annual rainfall 1970-2000 ), consulted on 22 September 2013 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aunay-sur-Odon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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