Asnières-en-Bessin


Asnières-en-Bessin is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
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, 3 km west of Vierville-sur-Mer, 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. 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.
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
FromToNamePartyPosition
19832008Paulette Cuillandre
20082020Patrick DeshayesFarmer

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 58 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.

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