Barbery, Calvados

Barbery
The old Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame
Coat of arms
Barbery
Location within Normandy region  Barbery
Coordinates: 49°00′38″N 0°21′09″W / 49.0106°N 0.3525°WCoordinates: 49°00′38″N 0°21′09″W / 49.0106°N 0.3525°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Bretteville-sur-Laize
Intercommunality	Cingal
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Pislard
Area^1	8.6 km^2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	729
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	14039 / 14220
Elevation	77–193 m (253–633 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barbery is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barberigeois or Barberigeoises.^[2]

Geography

The Lavoir (Public laundry) at Mesnil-Touffray

Barbery is located some 18 km south by south-east of Caen and 10 km east by north-east of Thury-Harcourt. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from Croisilles in the south-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to Urville. The D23 comes from Cesny-Bois-Halbout in the south and passes through the village before continuing north to join Route nationale N158 at Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil. The D156A goes south-east from the village to Moulines. The D237 branches off the D131 in the east of the commune and goes south-east to join the D167 east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Abbaye, Faverolles, Le Londel, and Le Mesnil Touffray. The commune is entirely farmland.^[3][4]

The Ruisseau du Val Clair rises north of the village and flows north to join the Laize at Bretteville-sur-Laize. The Ruisseau de Corneville also rises north of the village, east of the Ruisseau du Val Clair, and flows north to join the Laize at Les Écluses.^[3]

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article. None of these maps, however, show the extent of nor any information on the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

History

During early medieval times Barbery and its abbey were under the control of the de Livet family.^[5]

Barbery appears as Barbery on the 1750 Cassini Map^[6] and the same on the 1790 version.^[7]

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, semy of billety Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[8]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1997	2001	Ferdinand Lecouvey
2001	2014	Alain Crocqueville
2014	2020	Guy Pislard

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 729 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
795	601	680	666	647	617	633	755	759

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
728	686	666	600	599	590	569	539	490

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
465	488	416	455	419	429	435	391	431

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
417	390	366	497	500	524	613	729	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Petite-Abbaye Industrial Cheese Factory (20th century)^[9]
• Farmhouses (19th century)^[10]
• A Chateau at Mesnil-Aumont (18th century)^[11]
• A Manor/Chateau at Mesnil-Touffray (15th century)^[12]
• The Old Abbey Manor at Faverolles (12th century)^[13]

Religious heritage

The old Abbey

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The old Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame of Barbery (12th century) founded by Robert Marmion in 1181.^[14]
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter (13th century).^[15] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-18th century)^[16]
  • A green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs (19th century)^[17]
  • A Stoup (16th century)^[18]
  • A Baptismal font (16th century)^[19]
  • An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)^[20]
  • 4 Stained glass windows (1909/1932)^[21]
• A Presbytery (18th century)^[22]
• The Parish Church of Saint Martin at Mesnil-Touffray (13th century).^[23] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-20th century)^[24]
  • A Pulpit (18th century) (destroyed)^[25]
  • A Baptismal font (17th century)^[26]
  • An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)^[27]
  • Tombstones (17th-18th century)^[28]
  • A Monument to Charles de Lalongny (1640)^[29]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Barbery on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
3. Barbery on Google Maps
4. Barbery on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. Mémoires By Société des antiquaires de Normandie, 1837
6. Barbery on the 1750 Cassini Map
7. Barbery on the 1790 Cassini Map
8. List of Mayors of France (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00051643 Petite-Abbaye Industrial Cheese Factory (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000144 Farmhouse/Mill at Moulin de Roinet IA00000143 Farmhouse at La Giblonnière IA00000142 Farmhouse at Le Tremblay IA00000141 Chateau Farmhouse at Mesnil-Aumont IA00000136 Louvre Farmhouse IA00000132 Houses and Farms (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000140 Chateau at Mesnil-Aumont (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000138 Manor/Chateau at Mesnil-Touffray (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000134 Old Abbey Manor at Faverolles (French)
14. Nichols, John (1786). Some account of the alien priories, and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales. London: J. Nichols.
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000137 Parish Church of Saint Peter (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000960 Virgin and child (No. 2) IM14000959 Saint Benoît IM14000958 Virgin and child (No. 1) (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000957 Green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000956 Stoup (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000955 Baptismal font (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000954 Altar and Tabernacle (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000953 4 Stained glass windows (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000135 Presbytery (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000139 Cistercian Parish Church of Saint Martin at Mesnil-Touffray (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM14000037 Virgin and child IM14000972 Nicolas Poret IM14000971 Virgin and child (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000970 Pulpit (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000968 Baptismal font (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000967 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000965 Gauquelin Family (2) IM14000964 Poret Family (3) IM14000963 Clacy Family IM14000962 Charles de Lalongny (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM14000961 Monument to Charles de Lalongny (French)