Grangues () is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
Population
Name
The attested forms are de Girangis, without date (cartulary of Préaux) ; Granchae in 1198 (magni rotuli scacc. p. 58, 2) ; [Johannes de] Guerengues in 1216 (AC, H 321); [Apud] Grengueis in 1220 ; Grengues in 1282 (AN, J 220,2) ; or “the people at the end, from the corner of the piece of land”, on Old English gāra 'piece of land' + suffix -ingas.
See also
- Communes of the Calvados department