Saint-Martin-des-Besaces
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| local community | Souleuvre en Bocage | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Vire | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 51 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14350 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14629 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint Martin Church |
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Saint-Martin-des-Besaces ( ) is a former French commune with 1,182 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Besaçais , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .
On January 1, 2016, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces became a district in the new municipality of Souleuvre en Bocage as part of a territorial reform together with 19 neighboring municipalities, which like Saint-Martin-des-Besaces all belonged to the disbanded municipality association Bény- Bocage incorporated.
geography
Saint-Martin-des-Besaces is about 22 kilometers north of Vire-Normandie and about the same distance southeast of Saint-Lô . In the west, the department of Manche borders on the local area. The A84 autoroute runs right next to Saint-Martin-des-Besaces .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,242 | 1,510 | 1,372 | 1,202 | 1,096 | 1,063 | 986 | 1,174 |
| Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 18th century
- Notre-Dame church in La Ferrière-au-Doyen , also a former parish that merged into Saint-Martin-des-Besaces in 1973
- priory
- Market hall from the 19th century
politics
It has been partnered with the British parish of Slaugham in West Sussex since 1974.
Sons and daughters of the town
- René Biolay (1902–1945), racing car driver
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 203-205.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
- ^ Saint-Martin-des-Besaces-Cassini