Banville, Calvados

Banville
A covered well in Banville
Coat of arms
Banville
Location within Lower Normandy region  Banville
Coordinates: 49°18′48″N 0°29′13″W / 49.3133°N 0.4869°WCoordinates: 49°18′48″N 0°29′13″W / 49.3133°N 0.4869°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Ryes
Intercommunality	Bessin, Seulles et Mer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Chrystèle Pouchain
Area^1	4.68 km^2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	657
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14038 / 14480
Elevation	2–53 m (6.6–173.9 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Banvillais or Banvillaises.^[1]

Geography

Banville is located in the Bessin area some 3 km south-west of Courseulles-sur-Mer and 5 km east of Crépon. Access to the commune is by the D12 road from Graye-sur-Mer in the north which passes through the village and continues south-west to Tierceville. The D112A goes west from the village to Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer. The commune is mostly farmland but with a significant sized residential area.^[2]

The Seulles river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows north to the English Channel at Courseulles-sur-Mer.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

During the invasion of Normandy Banville was located within 3 kilometres of Juno Beach (Mike sector), the landing zone for Canadian troops. The village was liberated on the 6 June 1944 by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.^[3]

Heraldry

Blazon: Vair.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1945	1981	Pierre Bianquis
1981	2008	Florence Lefrancois
2008	2020	Chrystèle Pouchain

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 657 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.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
684	623	641	612	624	626	630	611	601

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
560	557	537	517	508	454	442	418	410

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
390	356	324	295	328	301	317	351	368

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
356	382	407	475	514	585	612	657	-

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

Culture and heritage

Remains of the Lavoir

The remains of the Roman Camp

An Underground living cave in the Roman camp

Civil heritage

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

• The Reviers Bridge (17th century)^[5]
• The Hervot Farmhouse at 12 rue du Bout du Haut (1913)^[6]
• A Farmhouse at 25 Rue du Camp Romain (18th century)^[7]
• A Notable's House at 8 Rue du Marché (18th century)^[8]
• A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Route de Reviers (19th century)^[9]
• A Chateau (1545)^[10]
• A Girls' Primary School (19th century)^[11]
• The old Town Hall (19th century)^[12]
• The Village (Neolithic)^[13]
• Houses (18th-19th century)^[14]

Other sites of interest

• The Roman Camp of La Burette.^[15]

Religious heritage

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

• A Presbytery at 10 Rue du Bout du Haut (18th century)^[16]
• A Calvary at Route de Courseulles-Sur-Mer (1912)^[17]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Lo (18th century)^[18]

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Stole (19th century)^[19]
• A Ciborium (18th century)^[20]
• A Monstrance (19th century)^[21]
• A Way of the Cross (19th century)^[22]
• A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[23]
• 3 Processional Banners (19th century)^[24]
• A Painting: Nativity (17th century)^[25]
• A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)^[26]
• A Statue: Saint Nicolas de Bari (18th century)^[27]
• A Cross: Christ on the Cross (18th century)^[28]
• 2 banks of Stalls (19th century)^[29]
• A Paschal Candlestick (19th century)^[30]
• A Rood beam (19th century)^[31]
• A Baptismal font (16th century)^[32]
• A set of 7 Stained glass windows: Seven Sacrements (1959)^[33]
• A set of 6 Stained glass windows (1959)^[34]
• The Furniture in the Church^[35]

Notable people linked to the commune

Théodore de Banville by Bénédict Masson 1862

• Théodore Faullain de Banville (1823-1891), French poet, the Faullain family of Banville were well established since the 1750s at Moulins (Allier), but were originally from the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

External links

• Banville on Lion1906
• Banville on Google Maps
• Banville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Banville on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Banville on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
2. Google Maps
3. "Map of the advance of troops from Juno Beach", Dictionary of the Landings, under the direction of Claude Quétel, p. 412, Ouest-France, March 2011. (French)
4. List of Mayors of France (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121776 Reviers Bridge (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121773 Hervot Farmhouse at 12 rue du Bout du Haut (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121774 Farmhouse at 25 Rue du Camp Romain (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121772 Notable's House at 8 Rue du Marché (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121775 Lavoir at Route de Reviers (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121770 Chateau (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121769 Girls' Primary School (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121768 Town Hall (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121765 Village (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121764 Houses (French)
15. The Artificial cavities of la Falaise in the Camp de la Burette, at Banville (Calvados), Léon Coutil, 1918 (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121771 Presbytery at 10 Rue du Bout du Haut (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121767 Calvary at Route de Courseulles-Sur-Mer (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00121766 Parish Church of Saint-Lo (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001828 Stole (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001827 Ciborium (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001826 Monstrance (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001825 Way of the Cross (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001824 Chalice with Paten (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001823 Processional Banner IM14001822 Processional Banner IM14001821 Processional Banner (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001820 Painting: Nativity (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001819 Statue: Virgin and child (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001818 Statue: Saint Nicolas de Bari (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001817 Cross: Christ on the Cross (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001816 2 banks of Stalls (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001815 Paschal Candlestick (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001814 Rood beam (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001813 Baptismal font (French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001812 7 Stained glass windows: Seven Sacrements (French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001811 6 Stained glass windows (French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14001810 Furniture in the Church (French)