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Bauquay

FieldValue
nameBauquay
imageFranceNormandieBauquayEglise.jpg
captionThe Church of Sasint-Mathieu
arrondissementVire
cantonLes Monts d'Aunay
INSEE14056
postal code14260
communeLes Monts d'Aunay
coordinates
elevation m130
elevation min m100
elevation max m163
area km21.79
population287
population date2022
population footnotes

Bauquay () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Buxois or Buxoises.

Geography

Bauquay is located some 6 km south by south-east of Villers-Bocage just north-west of Aunay-sur-Odon. Access to the commune is by the D8 road from Aunay-sur-Odon which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues north-east to Évrecy. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Vloquier and Les Perquettes. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Odon river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Orne at Caen. The Douvette river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north then north-west to join the Odon near Longvillers.

Geologically the commune is part of the Armorican Massif.

The climate is oceanic as in all of western France. The nearest weather station is Caen, 21 km 3.

Toponymy

The name of the locality was attested as Balcheium in 1082 The toponym comes from the Gallic balc, meaning "clay", which gave the old French bauche with the same meaning. The place used to supply clay for construction.

Bauquay appears as Beaugnay on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
19952017Gilles Leconte

The Municipal Council was composed of 11 members including the Mayor and 2 deputies.

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 296 inhabitants.

|1793 |100 |1800 |335 |1806 |422 |1821 |334 |1831 |334 |1836 |332 |1841 |307 |1846 |289 |1851 |294 |1856 |276 |1861 |270 |1866 |227 |1872 |207 |1876 |187 |1881 |190 |1886 |190 |1891 |187 |1896 |170 |1901 |147 |1906 |158 |1911 |138 |1921 |129 |1926 |132 |1931 |123 |1936 |119 |1946 |118 |1954 |155 |1962 |148 |1968 |132 |1975 |120 |1982 |149 |1990 |151 |1999 |165 |2007 |216 |2012 |296

Sites and monuments

  • The Church of Saint-Mathieu (12th century) with an 18th-century bell tower.
  • An Oratory chapel (19th century)

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Renaud Allirand, painter and engraver, lived in the commune from 1974 to 1987.

References

References

  1. (December 2024). "Populations de référence 2022". [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques.
  2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune-deleguee/14056-bauquay Commune déléguée de Bauquay], INSEE
  3. [https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/26/INTB1634319A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 26 September 2016 {{in lang. fr
  4. [http://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Inhabitants of Calvados] {{in lang. fr
  5. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bauquay,+France/@49.0336,-0.6161,14z Bauquay on Google Maps]
  6. National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang. fr
  7. Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, ''Etymological Dictionary of place names in France'', Larousse, Paris, 1963 {{in lang. fr
  8. René Lepelley, ''Etymological Dictionary of names of communes in Normandy'', Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, BnF 36174448w p. 59 {{in lang. fr
  9. fr
  10. Reelection 2014: [http://elections.ouest-france.fr/elections-municipales-2014/calvados/14260-bauquay.html Bauquay (14260) - Municipal Elections 2014] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 , ''[[Ouest-France]]'', consulted on 1 May 2014 {{in lang). fr
  11. fr.
  12. {{Cassini-Ehess. 3290. Bauquay
  13. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123878?geo=COM-14056 Populations légales 2012], INSEE
  14. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.0336&lon=-0.6161&zoom=13 ''Beaugnay'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
  15. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=49.0336&lon=-0.6161&zoom=12 ''Beaugnay'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]
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