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Country
  
France

Department
  
Calvados

Intercommunality
  
Bayeux Intercom

Area
  
3.47 km²

Arrondissement
  
Bayeux

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Bayeux

Population (2010)
  
180

Local time
  
Thursday 9:41 AM

Barbeville

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 76% Humidity

Barbeville  pronunciation  is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Contents

Map of 14400 Barbeville, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbevillais or Barbevillaises.

Geography

Barbeville is located in the Drône valley some 4 km west of Bayeux. Access to the commune is by the D96 road from Bayeux which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues west to Rubercy. The D5 from Bayeux to Le Molay-Littry forms the southern border of the commune. The D169 from Vaucelles in the north passes south down the eastern side of the commune and continues to Ranchy. The Route nationale N13 passes through the eastern arm of the commune with the nearest exit being Exit  38  just north of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Drôme river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Aure south-west of Commes. The Ruisseau de Cottun flows from the west of the commune to join the Drome on the eastern border. The Ruisseau de Saint-Symphorien flows along the northern border towards the east, forming parts of the border and joining the Drome at the north-eastern tip of the commune.

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article. None of these maps, however, show the extent of nor any information on the commune.

History

Barbeville appears as Barbeville on the 1750 Cassini Map but unusually does not appear on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 180 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 commune has two structures which are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Chateau (18th century)
  • The Church of Saint-Martin (13th century) The Church contains an Organ (19th century) that is registered as an historical object.
    • Other sites of interest
  • The Barbeville Stud was created at the end of the 19th century by Count Foy. It is a centre for the breeding of yearlings. The Barbeville prize was contested in a race for the first time at Longchamp in 1889 and it still exists.
  • The Chateau of Monts (19th century)
  • The Cambray Manor was built by Népomucène Lemercier at the end of the 18th century.

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Henri Gérard (1818-1903), MP for Calvados from 1881 to 1902, was mayor of Barbeville.

    • References

    Barbeville Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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