Asnières-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [ɑnjɛʁ ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] ; literally "Asnières in Bessin") is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
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 The Church of Saint-Vigor | |
Location of Asnières-en-Bessin  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°22′07″N 0°56′13″W / 49.3686°N 0.9369°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Bayeux |
| Canton | Trévières |
| Intercommunality | CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Deshayes[1] |
Area 1 | 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 70 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14023 /14710 |
| Elevation | 12–49 m (39–161 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editAsnières-en-Bessin is located some 17 km west by north-west of Bayeux, 3 km west of Vierville-sur-Mer, and 4 km north by north-east of Longueville. Access to the commune is by the D194 road from Louvières in the east passing through the north of the commune and the village and continuing west to Cricqueville-en-Bessin. The D198 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune and continues to Aignerville. There is the hamlet of Le Temple just south of the village and Montigny in the south of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.[3]
The Veret river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west and continues west then north-west to the sea at the Pont du Hable.[3]
Administration
editList of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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| 1983 | 2008 | Paulette Cuillandre | ||
| 2008 | 2026 | Patrick Deshayes | Farmer |
Demography
editThe inhabitants of the commune are known as Asnièrois or Asnièroises in French.[5]
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Sites and monuments
edit- Château of Asnières-en-Bessin, built in 1693, rebuilt in 1783.
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Notable people linked to the commune
edit- Arthur Le Duc (1848-1918), sculptor, was the Mayor of the commune from 1893 to his death in 1918.
- Albert Anne (1908-1944), a member of the resistance in the Alliance network,[9] (A resistance network in the interior of France during the Second World War) he was arrested by the Gestapo on 5 May 1944 at Asnières-en-Bessin, where he had used his skills as a forger,[9] and he was executed at Caen jail on 6 June 1944.
See also
editExternal links
edit- Asnières-en-Bessin on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Asnieres on the 1750 Cassini Map
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Asnières-en-Bessin, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111016 Château of Asnières-en-Bessin (in French)
- ^ a b Omaha Beach Memories - the arrests of 1944, consulted on 30 April 2013 (in French)
