Bauquay () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.Commune déléguée de Bauquay, INSEE On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016
Geography Bauquay is located some 6 km south by south-east of Villers-Bocage just north-west of Aunay-sur-Odon. Access to the commune is by the D8 road from Aunay-sur-Odon which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues north-east to Évrecy. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Vloquier and Les Perquettes. The commune is entirely farmland.Bauquay on Google MapsBauquay on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
The Odon river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Orne at Caen. The Douvette river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north then north-west to join the Odon near Longvillers.
Geologically the commune is part of the Armorican Massif.
The climate is oceanic as in all of western France. The nearest weather station is Caen, 21 km 3.
Toponymy The name of the locality was attested as Balcheium in 1082Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 The toponym comes from the Gallic balc, meaning "clay", which gave the old French bauche with the same meaning. The place used to supply clay for construction.René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of names of communes in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, BnF 36174448w p. 59
Bauquay appears as Beaugnay on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2017Reelection 2014: Bauquay (14260) - Municipal Elections 2014 , Ouest-France, consulted on 1 May 2014 Gilles Leconte
The Municipal Council was composed of 11 members including the Mayor and 2 deputies.art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories .
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Buxois or Buxoises in French.Inhabitants of Calvados
Sites and monuments The Church of Saint-Mathieu (12th century) with an 18th-century bell tower. An Oratory chapel (19th century)
Notable people linked to the commune Renaud Allirand, painter and engraver, lived in the commune from 1974 to 1987.
See also Communes of the Calvados department
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