Basly

Basly
The old Lavoir at Basly
Basly
Location within Lower Normandy region  Basly
Coordinates: 49°16′48″N 0°25′19″W / 49.28°N 0.4219°WCoordinates: 49°16′48″N 0°25′19″W / 49.28°N 0.4219°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Creully
Intercommunality	Cœur de Nacre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Yves Gauquelain
Area^1	3.92 km^2 (1.51 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	1,093
• Density	280/km^2 (720/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14044 / 14610
Elevation	18–62 m (59–203 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 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.

Basly is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Basliens or Basliennes.^[2]

Geography

Basly is located some 6 km south-east of Courseulles-sur-Mer and 10 km north-west of Caen. Access to the commune is by the D79 road from Bény-sur-Mer in the north-east which passes through the village and continues south-east to Colomby-sur-Thaon. The D83 comes from Douvres-la-Délivrande in the north-east through the village then south-west to Thaon. The D404 passes through the north-east corner of the commune and the D141 from Fontaine-Henry to Colomby-sur-Thaon passes through the south-west corner. The commune is entirely farmland.^[3][4]

The Mue river forms the border of the south-western corner of the commune as it twists around then flows north-west to join the Seulles at Reviers.^[3][4]

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.

Neighbouring communes and villages

^[3]

History

At a place called Campagne in the commune (near the Moto-Club) many archaeological remains have been found. This is on a spur blocked by the valley of the Mue. The most famous remains are those of a habitat from the first Iron Age (the Hallstatt culture) with an associated rectangular necropolis. There is archaeological evidence of a Neolithic stockade in medieval times.

Basly appears as Basly on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and the same on the 1790 version.^[6]

Administration

Basly Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1800	1844	Louis
1860	1879	Paisant
1879	1891	Viel
1894	1896	Maillard
1894	1896	Viel
1896	1903	Legras
1903	1904	Marie
1942	1953	Leboucher
1953	1959	Marie
1959	1965	Leboucher
1965	1971	Marie
1971	1979	Vauvert
1979	1983	Coutard
1983	1989	Lemarchand
1989	2008	François Oudin
2008	2020[8]	Yves Gauquelain		Retired

(Not all data is known)

The Municipal Council is composed of 15 members including the Mayor and 4 deputies.^[9]

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 1093 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
511	500	546	518	444	466	439	427	440

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
446	448	385	370	389	377	343	326	285

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
263	269	252	217	202	211	213	241	258

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
237	272	383	672	633	657		1,093	-

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

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church bell tower

The Church of Saint Georges Bell Tower (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[10]

Festivals and events

The Town Hall garden

Sports

• The Football Club of Basly has two soccer teams in district divisions.^[11]
• The 'Moto Club was created in 1977 and has a motocross circuit and a driving school.^[12]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Déodat de Basly (1862 at Basly - 1937), religious and Franciscan theologian.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

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 and 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. Basly on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
3. Basly on Google Maps
4. Basly on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. Basly on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. Basly on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (French)
8. Reelection 2014: Basly (14610) 2014, Ouest-France, consulted on 8 June 2014 (French)
9. art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories (French).
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111039 Church of Saint Georges Bell Tower (French)
11. Official website of the Basse-Normandie League – FC Basly, consulted on 27 March 2014 (French)
12. Moto-club of Basly website, consulted on 27 August 2010 (French)

External links

• Basly on the Community of communes website (French)