Banneville-la-Campagne | |
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 Entrance to the Abbey of Saint Martin of Troarn | |
 Location of Banneville-la-Campagne | |
  Banneville-la-Campagne  Banneville-la-Campagne | |
| Coordinates:49°10′09″N0°13′07″W / 49.1692°N 0.2186°W /49.1692; -0.2186 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Troarn |
| Intercommunality | CC Val ès Dunes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Anne Baugas[1] |
Area 1 | 6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 188 |
| • Density | 29.2/km2 (75.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14036 /14940 |
| Elevation | 3–24 m (9.8–78.7 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Banneville-la-Campagne (French pronunciation:[banvillakɑ̃paɲ]ⓘ) is acommune in theCalvadosdepartment in theNormandyregion of north-westernFrance.[3]
Banneville-la Campagne is located some 8 km east of the centre ofCaen just south ofSannerville. Access to the commune is by the D675 from Caen which forms the northern border of the commune as it goes east toTroarn. The D227 comes from Sannerville in the north and goes south through the village then continues to join the D225 south of the commune. The D225 comes from Troarn in the east and passes south-west through the eastern part of the commune and continues south toÉmiéville. TheA13 autoroute (Autoroute de Normandie: Caen to Paris) passes through the heart of the commune and the village from west to east with the intersection with the A813 autoroute (Banneville-la-Campagne toFrénouville) on the south-western border of the commune. The nearest exit is Exit
30 to the D675 just east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Manneville in the south-west and Le Havre in the south-east. The commune is almost entirely farmland.[4]
TheRuisseau du Pont Bâle forms most of the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join theFosse du Val on the northern border of the commune. TheRuisseau de Banneville rises in the commune and flows east to join the Ruisseau du Pont Bâle as does theCours de Guillerville in the south-east where it forms part of the southern border of the commune.[4]
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The nameBanneville was attested asMagnevilla in 1198.[5]
The suffix-ville means in the old sense "rural domain" (cf. vilain), preceded by theOld Norse personal surname NorseBarn meaning "child".[6]
The name is ahomonym with all the Barnevilles in Normandy.
The complementary determinant-la-Campagne was attested from 1371[7] and refers to thecampagne de Caen (the Caen Plain). This term belongs to the NorthernNorman dialect and equivalent to the central Frenchchampagne. The Norman-Picard wordcampagne (Rural area) has been incorporated in standard French.
The name allows it to be distinguished fromBanneville-sur-Ajon, another town in Calvados. It is uncertain that it shares the same etymology. The formBarneville sur Ajon was already mentioned in 1371.[7]
In 1828 Banneville-la-Campagne (30 inhabitants in 1821) absorbed Guillerville (100 inhabitants in the southeast of the territory) and Manneville (47 inhabitants in the south-west).[8]
During theInvasion of Normandy Guillerville was attacked on 19 July 1944 by the British3rd Infantry Division as part ofOperation Goodwood as part of the taking of the town ofTroarn to the east. British tanks of the27th Armoured Brigade faced the tanks of theWehrmacht21st Panzer Division andTiger I tanks of the503rd battalion of heavy tanks. Guillerville was finally liberated in the operation but not Troarn.
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| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2008 | Robert Barron |
| 2008 | 2014 | Ann Drevon |
| 2014 | 2026 | Anne Baugas |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asBannevillais orBannevillaises in French.[10]
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is registered as an historical monument.[12] It is the old gateway of the Abbey of Saint-Martin of Troarn which was removed in 1843 for the construction of the road from Troarn toSaint-Samson. It was re-erected, at the request ofGaston-Robert, Marquis de Banneville, in the commune of Banneville where it now serves as the entrance to the chateau.[13]
