Souleuvre-en-Bocage

Souleuvre-en-Bocage is a commune. It is found in the region Normandy in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. The municipality was created on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Beaulieu, Le Bény-Bocage (the seat), Bures-les-Monts, Campeaux, Carville, Étouvy, La Ferrière-Harang, La Graverie, Malloué, Montamy, Mont-Bertrand, Montchauvet, Le Reculey, Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles, Sainte-Marie-Laumont, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Saint-Martin-Don, Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces, Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine and Le Tourneur.[1]

Souleuvre-en-Bocage

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The church of Sainte-Honorine in Le Bény-Bocage
Administration
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Condé-sur-Noireau
Intercommunality Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Mayor Alain Declomesnil
(2016–2020)
Statistics
Elevation 54–308 m (177–1,010 ft)
Land area1 187.28 km2 (72.31 sq mi)
Population2 8,839  (2017)
 - Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14061/ 14260, 14350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)