Asnières-en-Bessin (, literally ''Asnières in

Bessin Bessin () is an area in Normandy, France, corresponding to the territory of the Bajocasses, a Gallic tribe from whom Bayeux, its main town, takes its name. History The territory was annexed by the count of Rouen in 924. The Bessin corresponds t ...

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commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norm ...

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in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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of north-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Asnièrois'' or ''Asnièroises''.

Geography

Asnières-en-Bessin is located some 17 km west by north-west of

Bayeux Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...

, 3 km west of

Vierville-sur-Mer Vierville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Vierville on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. ...

, and 4 km north by north-east of Longueville. Access to the commune is by the D194 road from Louvières in the east passing through the north of the commune and the village and continuing west to

Cricqueville-en-Bessin Cricqueville-en-Bessin (, literally ''Cricqueville in Bessin'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from ...

. The D198 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune and continues to

Aignerville Aignerville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aignervillais ...

. There is the hamlet of Le Temple just south of the village and Montigny in the south of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The Veret river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west and continues west then north-west to the sea at the Pont du Hable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 65 inhabitants. Église d'Asnières-en-Bessin Heuzé

Sites and monuments

*Château of Asnières-en-Bessin, built in 1693, rebuilt in 1783. Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte

Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Notable people linked to the commune

*Arthur Le Duc (1848-1918), sculptor, was the Mayor of the commune from 1893 to his death in 1918. *Albert Anne (1908-1944), a member of the resistance in the ''Alliance network'',''Omaha Beach Memories - the arrests of 1944''
consulted on 30 April 2013 (A resistance network in the interior of France during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

) he was arrested by the

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...

on 5 May 1944 at Asnières-en-Bessin, where he had used his skills as a forger, and he was executed at

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Asnières-en-Bessin on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Asnieres'' on the 1750 Cassini Map

References

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