Barneville-la-Bertran (before 1995: Barneville)[3] is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.[4]
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 The centre of Barneville-la-Bertran | |
Location of Barneville-la-Bertran  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°23′21″N 0°11′19″E / 49.3892°N 0.1886°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Honfleur-Deauville |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Bernard[1] |
Area 1 | 4.18 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 122 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14041 /14600 |
| Elevation | 15–127 m (49–417 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barnevillais or Barnevillaises.[5]
Geography
editBarneville-la-Bertran is located north of the Pays d'Auge some 6 km south-west of Honfleur, 15 km south by south-east of Le Havre (across the Seine Estuary) and 10 km north-east of Deauville. Access to the commune is by the D62 from Pennedepie in the north which passes through the north of the commune and continues east to Équemauville. The D279 branches from the D288 south of the commune - just east of Deauville – Normandie Airport - and passes north through the village and joins the D62 just east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland.[6][7]
Toponymy
editBarneville was called Barnavilla in 1062: from the Scandinavian antroponym Biarn[8] or Barni[9] and the Latin villa giving the meaning "rural domain". Bertran is the family name of the lords of the area in the Middle Ages.[10]
On 6 November 1995 the commune of Barneville officially changed its name to Barneville-la-Bertran.[11]
History
editBarneville-la-Bertran appears as Barneville-la-Bertrand on the 1750 Cassini Map[12] and as Barneville on the 1790 version.[13]
Administration
edit| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 1792 | Léonard Joseph Chauffer de Barneville |
| 1792 | 1795 | François Trembley |
| 1800 | 1811 | Pierre Charles Coulon |
| 1811 | 1830 | Alexandre Naguet de Saint-Georges |
| 1830 | 1840 | Jean Charles Casimir Langin |
| 1840 | 1846 | Jean Pierre Canterel |
| 1846 | 1848 | Jean Jacques Lebey |
| 1848 | 1849 | Elie Paumier |
| 1849 | 1855 | Jean Jacques Lebey |
| 1850 | 1883 | Amand Constant Rufin |
| 1995 | 2001 | Jean Pierre Aubert |
| 2001 | 2026[15] | Jean-François Bernard |
The municipal council is made up of 11 members including the Mayor and two deputies.[16]
Demography
editIn 2017 the commune had 127 inhabitants.
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Culture and heritage
editCivil heritage
editThe commune has two buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
Religious heritage
edit- The Church of Saint John the Baptist
is flanked by a quadrangular tower and is registered as an historical monument.[21]
Notable people linked to the commune
edit- Jean Doublet (1655 - 1728 at Barneville), pirate.
- Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1651 at Barneville - 1705), French writer of fairy tales.
- Françoise Sagan (1935-2004), writer, lived in the Breuil Manor before Lucien and Sacha Guitry. Died in hospital at Équemauville on 24 September 2004. Her body remained in her manor before being buried in Lot where she was born.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret du 6 novembre 1995 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0266, 16 November 1995, p. 16810.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
- ^ a b Barneville-la-Bertran on Google Maps
- ^ Barneville-la-Bertran on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)
- ^ René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996 bnf 36174448w, p. 59 (in French)
- ^ Community of communes of Pays de Honfleur - Barneville-la-Bertran Archived June 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, consulted on 20 April 2012 (in French)
- ^ Decree of 6 November 1995 (in French)
- ^ Barneville-la-Bertrand on the 1750 Cassini Map
- ^ Barneville on the 1790 Cassini Map
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Reelection 2014: Barneville-la-Bertran (14600) - Municipales 2014, Ouest-France, consulted on 16 June 2014 (in French)
- ^ art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories (in French).
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barneville-la-Bertran, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA14000015 Manoir des Vallées
(in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA14003343 Chateau of Barneville Park (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026704 Church of Saint John the Baptist (in French)
