Banneville-sur-Ajon
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(avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
Banneville-sur-Ajon is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Malherbe-sur-Ajon.[2]
Geography
Banneville-sur-Ajon is located some 20 km south-west of Caen and 7 km south-east of Villers-Bocage. Access to the commune is by the D121A from Saint-Agnan-le-Malherbe in the south which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D8. The D171 from Landes-sur-Ajon to Préaux-Bocage passes through the north-east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Fêterie in the south and Gournay in the north. The commune is almost all farmland.[3]
The Ajon river flows through the commune from south-east to north-west continuing to join the Odon south-west of Le Locheur. The Orgeuil river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east through the length of the commune to join the Ajon. The Ruisseau de la Rette flows from the south to join the Orgeuil.[3]
Toponymy
Banneville-sur-Ajon was Barneville sur Ajon in 1371.[4] René Lepelley attributed the origin of the name to the Germanic anthroponym Benno[5] with the Old French suffix -ville meaning "rural domain".
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[6]
From | To | Name |
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1995 | 2001 | Jacques Vahe |
2001 | 2014 | Annick Viel-Schneider |
2014 | 2016 | Marcel Pétré |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bannevillais or Bannevillaises in French.[7]
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Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9] |
Sites and monuments
- The Chapel of Saint-Clair (13th century)
is registered as an historical monument.[10] The church is built on a simple rectangular plan. On the tympanum of the south portal there is a figure in bas-relief of Saint Samson on his throne, and inside is a statue of Saint Clair.
- The Church of Saint-Melaine is in neo-Gothic style from the late 19th century.
- A replica of the grotto of Lourdes was built at a place called Le Village at the end of the Second World War.
Chapel Picture Gallery
- The Chapel of Saint Clair
- A Detail in the Chapel
- The Chapel
- Detail on the Chapel
- The door handle of the Chapel
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 9 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)
- ^ René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of names of communes in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, BnF 36174448w, p. 58 (in French)
- ^ 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 Banneville-sur-Ajon, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111031 Chapel of Saint-Clair (in French)
External links
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- Benneville fur Ajon on the 1750 Cassini Map