Barbery, Calvados Explained

Barbery
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason_Barbery.svg
Arrondissement:	Caen
Canton:	Le Hom
Insee:	14039
Postal Code:	14220
Mayor:	Luc Lebouvier^[1]
Term:	2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Coordinates:	49.0106°N -0.3525°W
Elevation M:	285
Elevation Min M:	77
Elevation Max M:	193
Area Km2:	8.6

Barbery (in French pronounced as /baʁbəʁi/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.^[2]

Geography

Barbery is located some 18 km south by south-east of Caen and 10 km east by north-east of Thury-Harcourt. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from Croisilles in the south-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to Urville. The D23 comes from Cesny-Bois-Halbout in the south and passes through the village before continuing north to join Route nationale N158 at Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil. The D156A goes south-east from the village to Moulines. The D237 branches off the D131 in the east of the commune and goes south-east to join the D167 east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Abbaye, Faverolles, Le Londel, and Le Mesnil Touffray. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Ruisseau du Val Clair rises north of the village and flows north to join the Laize at Bretteville-sur-Laize. The Ruisseau de Corneville also rises north of the village, east of the Ruisseau du Val Clair, and flows north to join the Laize at Les Écluses.

History

During early medieval times Barbery and its abbey were under the control of the de Livet family.^[3]

Barbery appears as Barbery on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
1997	2001	Ferdinand Lecouvey
2001	2014	Alain Crocqueville
2014	2023	Guy Pislard
2023	2026	Luc Lebouvier

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barberigeois or Barberigeoises in French.^[5]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Petite-Abbaye Industrial Cheese Factory (20th century)^[6]
• Farmhouses (19th century)^[7]
• A Chateau at Mesnil-Aumont (18th century)^[8]
• A Manor/Chateau at Mesnil-Touffray (15th century)^[9]
• The Old Abbey Manor at Faverolles (12th century)^[10]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The old Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame of Barbery (12th century) founded by Robert Marmion in 1181.^[11]
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter (13th century).^[12] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-18th century)^[13]
  • A green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs (19th century)^[14]
  • A Stoup (16th century)^[15]
  • A Baptismal font (16th century)^[16]
  • An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)^[17]
  • 4 Stained glass windows (1909/1932)^[18]
• A Presbytery (18th century)^[19]
• The Parish Church of Saint Martin at Mesnil-Touffray (13th century).^[20] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-20th century)^[21]
  • A Pulpit (18th century) (destroyed)^[22]
  • A Baptismal font (17th century)^[23]
  • An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)^[24]
  • Tombstones (17th-18th century)^[25]
  • A Monument to Charles de Lalongny (1640)^[26]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM14039-barbery INSEE commune file
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=K70DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22gilbert+de+livet%22&pg=PA242 Mémoires By Société des antiquaires de Normandie, 1837
4. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=18597 List of Mayors of France
5. https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
11. Book: Nichols, John. 1786. Some account of the alien priories, and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales. London. J. Nichols.
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy