Souleuvre en Bocage | |
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 The church in Sainte-Marie-Laumont | |
 Location of Souleuvre en Bocage | |
  Souleuvre en Bocage  Souleuvre en Bocage | |
| Coordinates:48°56′17″N0°50′31″W / 48.938°N 0.842°W /48.938; -0.842 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Intercommunality | Intercom de la Vire au Noireau |
Area 1 | 187.28 km2 (72.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 8,629 |
| • Density | 46.08/km2 (119.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14061 /14350 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Souleuvre en Bocage (French pronunciation:[sulœvʁɑ̃bɔkaʒ], literallySouleuvre inBocage) is acommune in thedepartment ofCalvados, northwesternFrance.
The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the twenty former communes ofBeaulieu,Le Bény-Bocage (the seat),Bures-les-Monts,Campeaux,Carville,Étouvy,La Ferrière-Harang,La Graverie,Malloué,Montamy,Mont-Bertrand,Montchauvet,Le Reculey,Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles,Sainte-Marie-Laumont,Saint-Martin-des-Besaces,Saint-Martin-Don,Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces,Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine andLe Tourneur.[2]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets,Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces,Saint-Martin-des-Besaces,La Mancellière,La Ferrière-Harang,Le Tourneur,Montamy,Mont-Bertrand,Vory,Arclais,Campeaux,Bures-les-Monts,Malloué,Montchauvet,Le Hamel Auvray,Souleuvre en Bocage,Le Hamel Pin,La Ferronnière,Carville,Sourdeval,Saint-Martin-Don,Sainte-Marie-Laumont,Beaulieu,Le Reculey,Le Brun andLa Graverie.[3]
TheVire River and one of its tributaries theSouleuvre flow through the commune.[4][5]
The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare,Natura 2000 conservation area, called theBassin de la Druance.[6] The commune also has another Natura 2000 conservation area,Bassin de la Souleuvre, a 2,232 hectare area which is shared with three other communes,Valdallière,Dialan sur Chaîne andBrémoy.[7]
Neighbouring communes[3] | |
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The commune is on the border of the area known asSuisse Normande.[8][3]
The Commune has 6 buildings and areas listed as aMonument historique.[13]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7,396 | — |
| 1975 | 6,763 | −1.27% |
| 1982 | 6,763 | +0.00% |
| 1990 | 7,030 | +0.49% |
| 1999 | 7,488 | +0.70% |
| 2007 | 8,069 | +0.94% |
| 2012 | 8,593 | +1.27% |
| 2017 | 8,839 | +0.57% |
| Source: INSEE[20] | ||
Souleuvre en Bocage istwinned with:[25][26]
