La Bazoque, Calvados

La Bazoque
The Church of Saint Martin
La Bazoque
Location within Normandy region  La Bazoque
Coordinates: 49°09′35″N 0°51′59″W / 49.1597°N 0.8664°WCoordinates: 49°09′35″N 0°51′59″W / 49.1597°N 0.8664°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Balleroy
Intercommunality	Balleroy Le Molay-Littry
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Lebougeois
Area^1	10.14 km^2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	162
• Density	16/km^2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	14050 / 14490
Elevation	57–142 m (187–466 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

La Bazoque 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 Bazocains or Bazocaines.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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.^[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]

Toponymy

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

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2020	Gilbert Le Bourgeois

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 162 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
540	512	545	481	495	476	450	432	464

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
459	437	418	409	406	354	345	346	342

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
337	332	316	265	294	291	272	301	280

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012	-
224	193	158	157	143	153	172	162	-

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

The Chateau near the Quarry

Sites and monuments

• The Trou du Diable: an old slate quarry
• The Circuit of Shale
• The Essarts Mill

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. La Bazoque on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
3. La Bazoque on Google Maps
4. La Bazoque on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. La Bazoque on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. La Bazoque on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (French)