Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces

Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces
local community	Souleuvre en Bocage
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Coordinates	49 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 51 ′  W
Post Code	14350
Former INSEE code	14636
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée
Saint-Ouen church

Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces is a former French commune of 436 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Audonniens , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .

On January 1, 2016, Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces became a district in the new municipality of Souleuvre en Bocage as part of a regional reform together with 19 neighboring municipalities, which like Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces all belonged to the disbanded municipal association Bény- Bocage incorporated.

geography

Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces is located about 22 kilometers southeast of Saint-Lô and 24 kilometers north of Vire-Normandie . In the east, the department of Manche borders on the local area. The A84 autoroute runs through Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces .

Population development

year	1793	1836	1876	1926	1946	1968	1990	2013
Residents	750	700	501	420	352	278	235	394
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Attractions

• 11th century Saint-Ouen church, partially rebuilt

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 207-208.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
2. ↑ Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces-Cassini