 left|40pxauthie 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 althavillais or althavillaises.inhabitants of calvados  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 in the competition for towns and villages in bloom  ==geography== authie is located some  north-west of the centre of caen. access to the commune is by road d220 from villons-les-buissons in 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.google maps ===neighbouring communes and villages===  ==toponymy== the name of the town is attested in the forms alteium in 1227 and auteya in 1264.albert dauzat and charles rostaing, etymological dictionary of place names in france, librairie guÃ©nÃ©gaud paris 6th edition, 1979, p. 39a.  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.albert dauzat and charles rostaing, op. cit. according to renÃ© lepelley this toponym is based on the pre-celtic element alt in an unknown sense and is close to authou in pont-authou.renÃ© lepelley, etymological dictionary of commune names in normandy, charles corlet Ã©ditions puc 1994, p. 54b - 55a.  franÃ§oi
Communes_of_Calvados_(department)