Basseneville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.[3]

Basseneville
Commune
Town hall
Location of Basseneville
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Coordinates: 49°12′01″N 0°07′42″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Cabourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Germain[1]
Area 1	10.59 km2 (4.09 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	252
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14045 /14670
Elevation	2–45 m (6.6–147.6 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 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 Bassenevillais or Bassenevillaises.[4]

Geography

Basseneville is located in the Pays d'Auge some 12 km east of Caen and 8 km south-east of Cabourg. Access to the commune is by the D675 road from Goustranville in the east which passes through the south of the commune continuing south-west to Saint-Samson. The D224A also comes from Saint-Samson and passes through the commune continuing north-east to join the D224 just north-east of the commune. The A13 autoroute passes through the commune from east to west but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit  29  Dozulé to the east of the commune which has no direct access the commune and Exit  30/31  to the south-west which connects to the D675. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Église, Les Marettes, Saint-Richer, and La Chollerie. The commune is entirely farmland.[5][6]

The Dives river forms the north-western border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the sea at Cabourg. The Grand Canal forms the south-eastern border of the commune.[5][6]

History

Basseneville appears as Bafneville on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as Bosneville on the 1790 version.[8]

A railway station on the Caen to Dozulé-Putot line existed in the commune from 1881 to 1938. The line that passed through the commune was finally closed in 1943.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 257 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Chapel of Saint Richer contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Chalice with Paten (18th century)[13]
• A Trunk (17th century)[14]
• A Painting with frame: Crucifixion (17th century)[15]

The Parish Church of Notre-Dame also contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Tabernacle (17th century)[16]
• A Painting: The Holy Family (18th century)[17]
• A Painting with frame: Holy Family (18th century)[18]
• An Altar, Retable, and 2 doors (1719)[19]
• A Lectern (1721)[20]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Jean-Victor Durand-Duquesnay (1785 at Basseneville - 1862), Normandy botanist
• Pierre (François-Amand) Bazin (1796 at Basseneville - 1865)

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

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