Editing Basly (section)

==Geography==
Basly is located some 6&nbsp;km south-east of [[Courseulles-sur-Mer]] and 10&nbsp;km north-west of [[Caen]]. Access to the commune is by the D79 road from [[Bény-sur-Mer]] in the north-east which passes through the village and continues south-east to [[Colomby-sur-Thaon]]. The D83 comes from [[Douvres-la-Délivrande]] in the north-east through the village then south-west to [[Thaon]]. The D404 passes through the north-east corner of the commune and the D141 from [[Fontaine-Henry]] to [[Colomby-sur-Thaon]] passes through the south-west corner. The commune is entirely farmland.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

The ''Mue'' river forms the border of the south-western corner of the commune as it twists around then flows north-west to join the ''Seulles'' at [[Reviers]].<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = Basly 
|North     = [[Bény-sur-Mer]]
|Northeast = [[Douvres-la-Délivrande]]
|East      = [[Plumetot]]
|Southeast = [[Anguerny]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Thaon]]
|West      = [[Fontaine-Henry]]
|Northwest = 
}}