Le Bény-Bocage
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| local community | Souleuvre en Bocage | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Vire | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ′ N , 0 ° 50 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14350 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14061 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Church of Sainte-Honorine |
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Le Bény-Bocage ( ) is a former French commune with 1,048 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Bény-Bocains , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .
On January 1, 2016, Le Bény-Bocage 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 Le Bény-Bocage, all belonged to the disbanded municipal association Bény-Bocage . Le Bény-Bocage is the “parent district” of Souleuvre en Bocage.
geography
Le Bény-Bocage is located about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Vire-Normandie and 28 kilometers southeast of Saint-Lô .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2013 |
| Residents | 711 | 901 | 835 | 652 | 711 | 640 | 846 | 1,039 |
| Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Sainte-Honorine church from the 17th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 178-180.
Web links
Commons : Le Bény-Bocage - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
- ↑ Le Bény-Bocage - Cassini