Grangues () is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
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Name The attested forms are de Girangis, without date (cartulary of Préaux);François |name1=de Beaurepaire, The Place Names of Calvados (annotated by Dominique Fournier), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2022, p. 201-202, Granchae in 1198 (magni rotuli scacc. p. 58, 2);Célestin Hippeau, Topographical Dictionary of Calvados, Paris, 1883, p. 133. [Johannes de] Guerengues in 1216 (AC, H 321); [Apud] Grengueis in 1220; Grengues in 1282 (AN, J 220,2);Arcisse de Caumont, Monumental Statistics of Calvados, Hardel, Caen, 1862, volume 4 in Arrondissement de Pont-l'Évêque, p. 90 Greyngues in 1282 (cart. norm. n° 996, p. 256); Granges Generenciæ in the 13th century (cart. of Préaux); Grenguez 14th century; Grenchiæ 16th century (Lisieux, p. 52).
This is a medieval toponymic formation, probably old since it is not preceded by the definite article. François de Beaurepaire brings Grangues closer to Goring (Oxford, Garinges 10th century); Goring (Sussex, Garinges 10th century) and Gerringe (Denmark, Gaeringhe 1470), without specifying the etymology. The two British Gorings admit as etymology, either "property of the family or relatives of a man called *Gāra, an unattested Old English personal name, followed by the Germanic suffix -ingas,Glover, Judith, Sussex Place-Names: Their Origins and Meanings, Countryside Books, 1997 A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, Print Publication: 2011, Print , Published online: 2011, Current Online Version: 2011, , p. 308 (read online) or “the people at the end, from the corner of the piece of land”, on Old English gāra 'piece of land' + suffix -ingas. The Old Norse word geiri influenced by the Old English gāra 'piece of land, probably triangular' > gaire, is well attested in Norman toponymy, generally it gave the microtoponyms La Gare or La Guerre.Élisabeth Ridel, the Vikings and the words: The contribution of ancient Scandinavian to the French language, éditions errance, Paris, 2009, p. 215.Guy Chartier, “Of some Norman toponyms” in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, 2000, n° 35-36, p. 280 - 281
See also Communes of the Calvados department
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