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La Bazoque, Calvados
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Bazoque |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | FranceNormandieLaBazoqueEglise.jpg |
| caption | The Church of Saint Martin |
| arrondissement | Bayeux |
| canton | Trévières |
| INSEE | 14050 |
| postal code | 14490 |
| mayor | Francis Corbeaux |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 150 |
| elevation min m | 57 |
| elevation max m | 142 |
| area km2 | 10.14 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes |
La Bazoque () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bazocains or Bazocaines.
Geography
La Bazoque is located some 13 km east by north-east of Saint-Lô and 20 km south-west of Bayeux. The southern tip of the commune is the departmental border with Manche. Access to the commune is by the D229 from Litteau in the west which passes through the commune and the village and continues west to join the D28 south of Balleroy. The D122B from Litteau passes through the south of the commune and goes east then south towards Montrabot. The D122 road forms the whole western border of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Nellerie, Le Mesnil, La Londe, and Promenant. The commune is entirely farmland.
The Drôme river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Aure just north of Maisons. Several streams, including the Ruisseau de la Bindoure, flow through the commune and join the Drome.
Toponymy
La Bazoque appears as La Bazoque on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2020 | Gilbert Le Bourgeois |
| 2020 | 2026 | Francis Corbeaux |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 183 inhabitants.
| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |540 |1800 |512 |1806 |545 |1821 |481 |1831 |495 |1836 |476 |1841 |450 |1846 |432 |1851 |464 |1856 |459 |1861 |437 |1866 |418 |1872 |409 |1876 |406 |1881 |354 |1886 |345 |1891 |346 |1896 |342 |1901 |337 |1906 |332 |1911 |316 |1921 |265 |1926 |294 |1931 |291 |1936 |272 |1946 |301 |1954 |280 |1962 |224 |1968 |193 |1975 |158 |1982 |157 |1990 |143 |1999 |153 |2007 |172 |2012 |162 |2017 |183
Sites and monuments
- The Trou du Diable: an old slate quarry
- The Circuit of Shale
- The Essarts Mill
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/14050-la-bazoque INSEE commune file]
- [http://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Inhabitants of Calvados] {{in lang. fr
- fr
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 3091. La Bazoque
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14050#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
- [https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Bazoque,+France/@49.1622,-0.8681,14z La Bazoque on Google Maps]
- National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang. fr
- [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.1622&lon=-0.8681&zoom=13 ''La Bazoque'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
- [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=49.1622&lon=-0.8681&zoom=12 ''La Bazoque'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]
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