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Country
  
France

Department
  
Calvados

Canton
  
Aunay-sur-Odon

Local time
  
Thursday 2:59 AM

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Caen

Area
  
5.63 km²

Banneville-sur-Ajon

Intercommunality
  
Villers-Bocage Intercom

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 26 km/h, 75% Humidity

Banneville-sur-Ajon is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Malherbe-sur-Ajon.

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Map of Banneville-sur-Ajon, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bannevillais or Bannevillaises.

Geography

Banneville-sur-Ajon is located some 20 km south-west of Caen and 7 km south-east of Villers-Bocage. Access to the commune is by the D121A from Saint-Agnan-le-Malherbe in the south which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D8. The D171 from Landes-sur-Ajon to Préaux-Bocage passes through the north-east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Fêterie in the south and Gournay in the north. The commune is almost all farmland.

The Ajon river flows through the commune from south-east to north-west continuing to join the Odon south-west of Le Locheur. The Orgeuil river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east through the length of the commune to join the Ajon. The Ruisseau de la Rette flows from the south to join the Orgeuil.

Toponymy

Banneville-sur-Ajon was Barneville sur Ajon in 1371. René Lepelley attributed the origin of the name to the Germanic anthroponym Benno with the Old French suffix -ville meaning "rural domain".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 379 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

  • The Chapel of Saint-Clair (13th century) is registered as an historical monument. The church is built on a simple rectangular plan. On the tympanum of the south portal there is a figure in bas-relief of Saint Samson on his throne, and inside is a statue of Saint Clair.
  • The Church of Saint-Melaine is in neo-Gothic style from the late 19th century.
  • A replica of the grotto of Lourdes was built at a place called Le Village at the end of the Second World War.

    • References

    Banneville-sur-Ajon Wikipedia
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