Bauquay

Bauquay is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.[3]

Bauquay
Part of Les Monts d'Aunay
The Church of Sasint-Mathieu
Location of Bauquay
Bauquay
Bauquay
Coordinates: 49°02′04″N 0°36′53″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonAunay-sur-Odon
CommuneLes Monts d'Aunay
Area
1
1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
296
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
14260
Elevation100–163 m (328–535 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Buxois or Buxoises.[4]

Geography

Bauquay is located some 6 km south by south-east of Villers-Bocage just north-west of Aunay-sur-Odon. Access to the commune is by the D8 road from Aunay-sur-Odon which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues north-east to Évrecy. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Vloquier and Les Perquettes. The commune is entirely farmland.[5][6]

The Odon river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Orne at Caen. The Douvette river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north then north-west to join the Odon near Longvillers.[5][6]

Geologically the commune is part of the Armorican Massif.

The climate is oceanic as in all of western France. The nearest weather station is Caen, 21 km 3.

Toponymy

The name of the locality was attested as Balcheium in 1082[7] The toponym comes from the Gallic balc, meaning "clay", which gave the old French bauche with the same meaning. The place used to supply clay for construction.[8]

Bauquay appears as Beaugnay on the 1750 Cassini Map[9] and the same on the 1790 version.[10]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[11]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952017[12]Gilles Leconte

(Not all data is known)

The Municipal Council was composed of 11 members including the Mayor and 2 deputies.[13]

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 296 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 100—    
1800 335+18.85%
1806 422+3.92%
1821 334−1.55%
1831 334+0.00%
1836 332−0.12%
1841 307−1.55%
1846 289−1.20%
1851 294+0.34%
1856 276−1.26%
1861 270−0.44%
1866 227−3.41%
1872 207−1.53%
1876 187−2.51%
1881 190+0.32%
1886 190+0.00%
1891 187−0.32%
1896 170−1.89%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 147−2.87%
1906 158+1.45%
1911 138−2.67%
1921 129−0.67%
1926 132+0.46%
1931 123−1.40%
1936 119−0.66%
1946 118−0.08%
1954 155+3.47%
1962 148−0.58%
1968 132−1.89%
1975 120−1.35%
1982 149+3.14%
1990 151+0.17%
1999 165+0.99%
2007 216+3.42%
2012 296+6.50%
Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE[15]

Sites and monuments
  • The Church of Saint-Mathieu (12th century) with an 18th-century bell tower.
  • An Oratory chapel (19th century)

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Renaud Allirand, painter and engraver, lived in the commune from 1974 to 1987.

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Bauquay on Lion1906
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)
  4. Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
  5. Bauquay on Google Maps
  6. Bauquay on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)
  8. René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of names of communes in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, BnF 36174448w p. 59 (in French)
  9. Beaugnay on the 1750 Cassini Map
  10. Beaugnay on the 1790 Cassini Map
  11. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  12. Reelection 2014: Bauquay (14260) - Municipal Elections 2014 Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Ouest-France, consulted on 1st May 2014 (in French)
  13. art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories (in French).
  14. Données Cassini, EHESS
  15. Populations légales 2012, INSEE
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