La Bazoque, Calvados

La Bazoque is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.[2]

La Bazoque
Commune
The Church of Saint Martin
Location of La Bazoque
La Bazoque La Bazoque
Coordinates: 49°09′35″N 0°51′59″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Trévières
Intercommunality	CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Lebougeois
Area ^1	10.14 km^2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	183
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bazocains or Bazocaines.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[4][5]

Toponymy

La Bazoque appears as La Bazoque on the 1750 Cassini Map[6] and the same on the 1790 version.[7]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[8]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2020	Gilbert Le Bourgeois

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 183 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 540 —     1800 512 −0.76% 1806 545 +1.05% 1821 481 −0.83% 1831 495 +0.29% 1836 476 −0.78% 1841 450 −1.12% 1846 432 −0.81% 1851 464 +1.44% 1856 459 −0.22% 1861 437 −0.98% 1866 418 −0.89% 1872 409 −0.36% 1876 406 −0.18% 1881 354 −2.70% 1886 345 −0.51% 1891 346 +0.06% 1896 342 −0.23%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 337 −0.29% 1906 332 −0.30% 1911 316 −0.98% 1921 265 −1.74% 1926 294 +2.10% 1931 291 −0.20% 1936 272 −1.34% 1946 301 +1.02% 1954 280 −0.90% 1962 224 −2.75% 1968 193 −2.45% 1975 158 −2.82% 1982 157 −0.09% 1990 143 −1.16% 1999 153 +0.75% 2007 172 +1.47% 2012 162 −1.19% 2017 183 +2.47%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

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

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. La Bazoque on Lion1906
3. Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
4. La Bazoque on Google Maps
5. La Bazoque on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
6. La Bazoque on the 1750 Cassini Map
7. La Bazoque on the 1790 Cassini Map
8. List of Mayors of France (in French)
9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bazoque, EHESS. (in French)
10. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE