Bazenville

Geography

Bazenville is located some 6 km east by north-east of Bayeux and 4 km south by south-east of Arromanches-les-Bains. Access to the commune is by the D87 road from Ryes in the north-west which passes through the commune south of the village and continues south-east to Villiers-le-Sec. The D112 from Sommervieu to Crépon forms the north-western border of the commune. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Les Noyaux. There is a British Military Cemetery in the west of the commune on the D87. The commune is entirely farmland.

Toponymy

Bazonille is mentioned as Basonni villa in 875.

Bazenville appears as Bazanville on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Bazan ville on the 1790 version.

History

Bazenville was liberated on the same day as the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. An interim Canadian aerodrome (referred to as Bazenville Airfield, Advanced Landing Ground B-2 Bazenville, or B-2 Crépon) was built commencing the following night near the commune in a large part of the triangle formed by the Bazenville, Crépon, and Villiers-le-Sec villages.

It was on this aerodrome that the French ace Pierre Clostermann flew, on 11 June 1944, for the first time in France after his entry into the war in 1942: "All my life I will remember the people of Bazenville the first French to whom I spoke".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 137 inhabitants.

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Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• A Commemorative plaque remembering the site of the airfield where Pierre Clostermann arrived on 11 June 1944.

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at Rue des Alliés (1759)
• A Tradesman's house at Rue des Cordiers (19th century)
• The Bazenville Farmhouse at Rue de l'Eglise (17th century)
• A House at Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)
• A Notable's House at Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)
• The Chateau of Bazenville at Rue de la Grotte (17th century)
• The Manor of Tournebu at Rue des Noyaux (17th century)
• A Worker's House at Route de Villiers-le-Sec (19th century)
• The Chateau de la Croix at Route de Villiers-le-Sec (1727)
• The British Cemetery of Ryes (20th century). The cemetery contains 979 graves: 630 British, 21 Canadians, one Australian, one Pole, and 326 Germans.
• The War Memorial (1929)
• The Grotto of Lourdes (1947)
• Bazenville Village (Ancient times)
• Houses (17th-19th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Presbytery at Rue de l'Eglise (19th century)
• The Parish Church of Saint-Martin at le Bourg (13th century) The Church contains a large number of objects which are registered as historical objects.

Heritage Picture Gallery

File:141028 15h13m11s cimetière militaire britannique de Bazenville.jpg|The British Military Cemetery in Bazenville File:Château de Bazenville.JPG|The Chateau of Bazenville File:Bazenville,grotte à la vierge.JPG|The Grotto of Lourdes File:Église Saint-Martin,2.JPG|The Church of Saint Martin File:Château de La Croix.JPG|The Chateau de la Croix

Notable people linked to the commune

• Antoine Halley, born in 1593 at Bazenville died in 1675, poet.

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/14049-bazenville INSEE commune file]
3. [http://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Inhabitants of Calvados] {{in lang. fr
4. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bazenville,+France/@49.3036,-0.585,14z Bazenville on Google Maps]
5. [http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/FR/lowernormandy/calvados.html#bazenville Abandoned Airfields in Lower Normandy] {{webarchive. link. (March 4, 2016 {{in lang). nl
6. Claude Quétel (under the direction of), ''Dictionary of the Landings'', éditions Ouest-France, Rennes, 2011, 725 pages, p. 174 "Clostermann (Pierre)", {{ISBN. 978-2-7373-4826-6 {{in lang. fr
7. fr
8. {{Cassini-Ehess. 3049. Bazenville
9. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14049#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121792. IA00121792 Farmhouse at Rue des Alliés {{in lang. fr
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121788. IA00121788 Tradesman's house at Rue des Cordiers {{in lang. fr
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121785. IA00121785 'Bazenville Farmhouse at Rue de l'Eglise {{Camera {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121789. IA00121789 House at Rue de l'Eglise {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121790. IA00121790 Notable's House at Rue de l'Eglise {{Camera {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121783. IA00121783 Chateau of Bazenville {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121786. IA00121786 Manor of Tournebu {{Camera {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121791. IA00121791 Worker's House at Route de Villiers-le-Sec {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121784. IA00121784 Chateau de la Croix {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121793. IA00121793 British Cemetery of Ryes {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121782. IA00121782 War Memorial {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121781. IA00121781 Grotto of Lourdes {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121779. IA00121779 Bazenville Village {{Camera {{in lang. fr
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121778. IA00121778 Houses {{Camera {{in lang. fr
24. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00121787. IA00121787 Presbytery at Rue de l'Eglise {{Camera {{in lang. fr
25. {{Base Mérimée. IA00121780. IA00121780 Church of Saint-Martin
26. {{Base Mérimée. PA00111069. PA00111069 Church of Saint-Martin
27. National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang. fr
28. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.3036&lon=-0.585&zoom=13 ''Bazanville'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
29. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=49.3036&lon=-0.585&zoom=12 ''Bazan ville'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]