Asnières-en-Bessin (; literally "Asnières in

Bessin Bessin () is an area in Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Norman ...

") is a commune in the

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department in the

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of north-western

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Geography

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

Bayeux Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...

, 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. History World War II On 6 June 1944 (D-Day), the U.S. Army's 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infan ...

, 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, fr ...

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

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

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 (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

) he was arrested by the

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, 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 F ...

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

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

jail on 6 June 1944.

References

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