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Souleuvre en Bocage
The church in Sainte-Marie-Laumont
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Souleuvre en Bocage is located in France
Souleuvre en Bocage
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Location in France
Souleuvre en Bocage is located in Normandy
Souleuvre en Bocage
Souleuvre en Bocage
Location in Normandy
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Condé-en-Normandie
Intercommunality Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Area
1
187.28 km2 (72.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
8,745
 • Density 46.695/km2 (120.939/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14061 /14350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Souleuvre en Bocage (French pronunciation: [sulœvʁ ɑ̃ bɔkaʒ], literally Souleuvre in Bocage) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Beaulieu, Le Bény-Bocage (the seat), Bures-les-Monts, Campeaux, Carville, Étouvy, La Ferrière-Harang, La Graverie, Malloué, Montamy, Mont-Bertrand, Montchauvet, Le Reculey, Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles, Sainte-Marie-Laumont, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Saint-Martin-Don, Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces, Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine and Le Tourneur.

Geography

The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 7,396 —    
1975 6,763 −1.27%
1982 6,763 +0.00%
1990 7,030 +0.49%
1999 7,488 +0.70%
2007 8,069 +0.94%
2012 8,593 +1.27%
2017 8,839 +0.57%
Source: INSEE

See also

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