La Graverie
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local community | Souleuvre en Bocage | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Vire | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W | |
Post Code | 14350 | |
Former INSEE code | 14317 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Notre-Dame church |
La Graverie ( French commune with 1,181 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Graverois , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .
) is a formerOn January 1, 2016, La Graverie was incorporated into the new municipality of Souleuvre en Bocage as a district as part of a regional reform together with 19 neighboring municipalities, which like La Graverie all belonged to the disbanded municipal association Bény-Bocage .
geography
La Graverie is about 6.5 kilometers north of Vire-Normandie .
Population development
year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2013 |
Residents | 883 | 988 | 776 | 644 | 583 | 626 | 1,038 | 1,162 |
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 13th century; a sculpture of John the Baptist inside has been classified as a Monument historique since 1911
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 189-191.
Web links
Commons : La Graverie - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
- ^ La Graverie - Cassini
- ^ Sculpture of John the Baptist in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)