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Banneville-sur-Ajon
The Chapel of Saint Clair
The Chapel of Saint Clair
Banneville-sur-Ajon is located in France
Banneville-sur-Ajon
Banneville-sur-Ajon
Location in France
Banneville-sur-Ajon is located in Normandy
Banneville-sur-Ajon
Banneville-sur-Ajon
Location in Normandy
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Les Monts d'Aunay
Commune Malherbe-sur-Ajon
Area
1
5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
438
 • Density 77.80/km2 (201.5/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14260
Elevation 84–184 m (276–604 ft)
(avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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.

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.

Toponymy

Banneville-sur-Ajon was Barneville sur Ajon in 1371. René Lepelley attributed the origin of the name to the Germanic anthroponym Benno with the Old French suffix -ville meaning "rural domain".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From To Name
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.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1793 508 —    
1800 530 +0.61%
1806 524 −0.19%
1821 475 −0.65%
1831 441 −0.74%
1836 458 +0.76%
1841 439 −0.84%
1846 414 −1.17%
1851 412 −0.10%
1856 406 −0.29%
1861 380 −1.31%
1866 375 −0.26%
1872 362 −0.59%
1876 354 −0.56%
1881 362 +0.45%
1886 347 −0.84%
1891 331 −0.94%
1896 314 −1.05%
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1901 315 +0.06%
1906 290 −1.64%
1911 273 −1.20%
1921 255 −0.68%
1926 259 +0.31%
1931 243 −1.27%
1936 265 +1.75%
1946 233 −1.28%
1954 243 +0.53%
1962 216 −1.46%
1968 211 −0.39%
1975 224 +0.86%
1982 346 +6.41%
1990 360 +0.50%
1999 389 +0.86%
2007 394 +0.16%
2012 383 −0.56%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Sites and monuments

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The Church of Saint-Melaine
  • The Chapel of Saint-Clair (13th century)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg is registered as an historical monument. 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

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