Banville
Commune
A covered well in Banville
Coat of arms
Location of Banville
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Coordinates: 49°18′48″N 0°29′13″W / 49.3133°N 0.4869°W / 49.3133; -0.4869
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Seulles Terre et Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Baca^[1]
Area ¹	4.68 km² (1.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	797
• Density	170/km² (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14038 /14480
Elevation	2–53 m (6.6–173.9 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Banville (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃vil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Geography

Banville is located in the Bessin area some 3 km south-west of Courseulles-sur-Mer and 5 km east of Crépon. Access to the commune is by the D12 road from Graye-sur-Mer in the north which passes through the village and continues south-west to Tierceville. The D112A goes west from the village to Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer. The commune is mostly farmland but with a significant sized residential area.^[3]

The Seulles river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows north to the English Channel at Courseulles-sur-Mer.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

During the invasion of Normandy Banville was located within 3 kilometres of Juno Beach (Mike sector), the landing zone for Canadian troops. The village was liberated on the 6 June 1944 by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Banville	Blazon: Vair.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name
1945	1981	Pierre Bianquis
1981	2008	Florence Lefrancois
2008	2020	Chrystèle Pouchain
2020	2026	Nadine Baca

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Banvillais or Banvillaises in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	684	—
1800	623	−1.33%
1806	641	+0.48%
1821	612	−0.31%
1831	624	+0.19%
1836	626	+0.06%
1841	630	+0.13%
1846	611	−0.61%
1851	601	−0.33%
1856	560	−1.40%
1861	557	−0.11%
1866	537	−0.73%
1872	517	−0.63%
1876	508	−0.44%
1881	454	−2.22%
1886	442	−0.53%
1891	418	−1.11%
1896	410	−0.39%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	390	−1.00%
1906	356	−1.81%
1911	324	−1.87%
1921	295	−0.93%
1926	328	+2.14%
1931	301	−1.70%
1936	317	+1.04%
1946	351	+1.02%
1954	368	+0.59%
1962	356	−0.41%
1968	382	+1.18%
1975	407	+0.91%
1982	475	+2.23%
1990	514	+0.99%
1999	585	+1.45%
2007	622	+0.77%
2012	684	+1.92%
2017	792	+2.98%

Source: EHESS^[7] and INSEE^[8]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

The Reviers Bridge (17th century)^[9]
The Hervot Farmhouse at 12 rue du Bout du Haut (1913)^[10]
A Farmhouse at 25 Rue du Camp Romain (18th century)^[11]
A Notable's House at 8 Rue du Marché (18th century)^[12]
A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Route de Reviers (19th century)^[13]
A Chateau (1545)^[14]
A Girls' Primary School (19th century)^[15]
The old Town Hall (19th century)^[16]
The Village (Neolithic)^[17]
Houses (18th-19th century)^[18]

Other sites of interest

The Roman Camp of La Burette.^[19]

Religious heritage

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

A Presbytery at 10 Rue du Bout du Haut (18th century)^[20]
A Calvary at Route de Courseulles-Sur-Mer (1912)^[21]
The Parish Church of Saint-Lo (18th century)^[22]

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

A Stole (19th century)^[23]
A Ciborium (18th century)^[24]
A Monstrance (19th century)^[25]
A Way of the Cross (19th century)^[26]
A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[27]
3 Processional Banners (19th century)^[28]
A Painting: Nativity (17th century)^[29]
A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)^[30]
A Statue: Saint Nicolas de Bari (18th century)^[31]
A Cross: Christ on the Cross (18th century)^[32]
2 banks of Stalls (19th century)^[33]
A Paschal Candlestick (19th century)^[34]
A Rood beam (19th century)^[35]
A Baptismal font (16th century)^[36]
A set of 7 Stained glass windows: Seven Sacrements (1959)^[37]
A set of 6 Stained glass windows (1959)^[38]
The Furniture in the Church^[39]

Notable people linked to the commune

Théodore Faullain de Banville (1823-1891), French poet, the Faullain family of Banville were well established since the 1750s at Moulins (Allier), but were originally from the commune.