Banneville-sur-Ajon is a former commune in the Calvados

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of north-western

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of

Malherbe-sur-Ajon Malherbe-sur-Ajon () is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Banneville-sur-Ajon and Saint-Agnan-le-Malherbe.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,Villers-Bocage. Access to the commune is by the D121A from Saint-Agnan-le-Malherbe in the south which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D8. The D171 from

Landes-sur-Ajon Landes-sur-Ajon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of F ...

Préaux-Bocage Préaux-Bocage () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas ...

passes through the north-east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Fêterie in the south and Gournay in the north. The commune is almost all farmland.Google Maps
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Le Locheur Le Locheur () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val d'Arry.anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'' / 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'' / 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and co ...

''Benno'' with the

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suffix ''-ville'' meaning "rural domain".

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bannevillais'' or ''Bannevillaises'' in French.

Sites and monuments

*The Chapel of Saint-Clair (13th century) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The church is built on a simple rectangular plan. On the tympanum of the south portal there is a figure in bas-relief of Saint Samson on his throne, and inside is a statue of

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. *The Church of Saint-Melaine is in neo-Gothic style from the late 19th century. *A replica of the grotto of Lourdes was built at a place called Le Village at the end of the

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Chapel Picture Gallery

File:BannevillesurAjon 002.JPG, The Chapel of Saint Clair File:Chapelle-saint-clair 8.jpg, A Detail in the Chapel File:Chapelle-saint-clair 4.jpg, The Chapel File:Chapelle-saint-clair 3.jpg, Detail on the Chapel File:Chapelle-saint-clair 9.jpg, The door handle of the Chapel