| Banneville-sur-Ajon | |
| Arrondissement: | Vire |
| Canton: | Les Monts d'Aunay |
| Insee: | 14037 |
| Postal Code: | 14260 |
| Commune: | Malherbe-sur-Ajon |
| Coordinates: | 49.0636°N -0.5686°W |
| Elevation M: | 141 |
| Elevation Min M: | 84 |
| Elevation Max M: | 184 |
| Area Km2: | 5.63 |
| Population: | 438 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Banneville-sur-Ajon is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Malherbe-sur-Ajon.[2]
Banneville-sur-Ajon is located some 20 km south-west of Caen and 7 km south-east of 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 to Préaux-Bocage 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.[3]
The Ajon river flows through the commune from south-east to north-west continuing to join the Odon south-west of Le Locheur. The Orgeuil river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east through the length of the commune to join the Ajon. The Ruisseau de la Rette flows from the south to join the Orgeuil.[3]
Banneville-sur-Ajon was Barneville sur Ajon in 1371.[4] René Lepelley attributed the origin of the name to the Germanic anthroponym Benno[5] with the Old French suffix -ville meaning "rural domain".
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2001 | Jacques Vahe | |
| 2001 | 2014 | Annick Viel-Schneider | |
| 2014 | 2016 | Marcel Pétré |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bannevillais or Bannevillaises in French.[7]