Editing Barbery, Calvados

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Barbery
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Barbery abbaye 01.jpg
|caption                = The old [[Cistercian]] Abbey of Notre-Dame
|image coat of arms     = Blason_Barbery.svg
|arrondissement         = Caen
|canton                 = Le Hom
|INSEE                  = 14039
|postal code            = 14220
|mayor                  = Luc Lebouvier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2023&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande|Cingal-Suisse Normande]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.0106|-0.3525|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 285
|elevation min m        = 77
|elevation max m        = 193
|area km2               = 8.6
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Barbery''' ({{IPA|fr|baʁbəʁi|-|Fr-Barbery.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] of north-western [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/14039-barbery INSEE commune file]</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:BrettevillesurLaize MesnilTouffay.png|thumb|The [[Lavoir]] (Public laundry) at Mesnil-Touffray]]
Barbery is located some 18&nbsp;km south by south-east of [[Caen]] and 10&nbsp;km east by north-east of [[Thury-Harcourt]]. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from [[Croisilles, Calvados|Croisilles]] in the south-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to [[Urville, Calvados|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, Calvados|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.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

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''.<ref name=Google/>

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = Barbery 
|North     = [[Bretteville-sur-Laize]]
|Northeast = [[Urville, Calvados|Urville]]
|East      = [[Grainville-Langannerie]]
|Southeast = [[Moulines, Calvados|Moulines]]
|South     = [[Cesny-Bois-Halbout]]
|Southwest = [[Espins]]
|West      = [[Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais]]
|Northwest = [[Boulon]]
}}

==History==
During early medieval times Barbery and its abbey were under the control of the de Livet family.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K70DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22gilbert+de+livet%22&pg=PA242 Mémoires By Société des antiquaires de Normandie, 1837]</ref>

Barbery appears as ''Barbery'' on the 1750 [[French cartography#Cassini maps|Cassini Map]]<ref name=Cassini1750/> and the same on the 1790 version.<ref name=Cassini1790/>

===Heraldry===
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason_Barbery.svg
|legend1=Arms of Barbery 
|text=

'''Blazon:'''<br/>
''Azure, semy of billety Argent.''
}}

==Administration==

{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive [[Mayor (France)|Mayors]]'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=18597 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados], habitants.fr</ref>

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|2624|Barbery}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14039#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|1793 |795
|1800 |601
|1806 |680
|1821 |666
|1831 |647
|1836 |617
|1841 |633
|1846 |755
|1851 |759
|1856 |728
|1861 |686
|1866 |666
|1872 |600
|1876 |599
|1881 |590
|1886 |569
|1891 |539
|1896 |490
|1901 |465
|1906 |488
|1911 |416
|1921 |455
|1926 |419
|1931 |429
|1936 |435
|1946 |391
|1954 |431
|1962 |417
|1968 |390
|1975 |366
|1982 |497
|1990 |500
|1999 |524
|2007 |657
|2012 |789
|2017 |825
}}

==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){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00051643|IA00051643 Petite-Abbaye Industrial Cheese Factory}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*'''Farmhouses''' (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000144|IA00000144 Farmhouse/Mill at Moulin de Roinet}} {{Mérimée|IA00000143|IA00000143 Farmhouse at La Giblonnière}} {{Mérimée|IA00000142|IA00000142 Farmhouse at Le Tremblay}} {{Mérimée|IA00000141|IA00000141 Chateau Farmhouse at Mesnil-Aumont}} {{Mérimée|IA00000136|IA00000136 Louvre Farmhouse}} {{Mérimée|IA00000132|IA00000132 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Chateau''' at Mesnil-Aumont (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000140|IA00000140 Chateau at Mesnil-Aumont}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Manor/Chateau''' at Mesnil-Touffray (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000138|IA00000138 Manor/Chateau at Mesnil-Touffray}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Old Abbey Manor''' at Faverolles (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000134|IA00000134 Old Abbey Manor at Faverolles}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Religious heritage===
[[File:Abbaye Barbery 1.JPG|thumb|The old Abbey]]
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, 3rd Baron Marmion of Tamworth|Robert Marmion]] in 1181.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nichols|first=John|year=1786|title=Some account of the alien priories, and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales|location=London|publisher=J. Nichols}}</ref>
*The '''Parish Church of Saint Peter''' (13th century).{{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000137|IA00000137 Parish Church of Saint Peter}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
**Statues (16th-18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000960|IM14000960 Virgin and child (No. 2)}} {{Palissy|IM14000959|IM14000959 Saint Benoît}} {{Palissy|IM14000958|IM14000958 Virgin and child (No. 1)}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000957|IM14000957 Green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A [[Stoup]] (16th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000956|IM14000956 Stoup}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A [[Baptismal font]] (16th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000955|IM14000955 Baptismal font}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**An [[Altar]] and [[Church tabernacle|Tabernacle]] (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000954|IM14000954 Altar and Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**4 [[Stained glass]] windows (1909/1932){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000953|IM14000953 4 [[Stained glass]] windows}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Presbytery''' (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000135|IA00000135 Presbytery}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Parish Church of Saint Martin''' at Mesnil-Touffray (13th century).{{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000139|IA00000139 Cistercian Parish Church of Saint Martin at Mesnil-Touffray}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
**Statues (16th-20th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM14000037|PM14000037 Virgin and child}} {{Palissy|IM14000972|IM14000972 Nicolas Poret}} {{Palissy|IM14000971|IM14000971 Virgin and child}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A Pulpit (18th century) (destroyed){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000970|IM14000970 Pulpit}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A [[Baptismal font]] (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000968|IM14000968 Baptismal font}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**An [[Altar]], [[Church tabernacle|Tabernacle]], and [[Retable]] (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000967|IM14000967 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**Tombstones (17th-18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000965|IM14000965 Gauquelin Family (2)}} {{Palissy|IM14000964|IM14000964 Poret Family (3)}} {{Palissy|IM14000963|IM14000963 Clacy Family}} {{Palissy|IM14000962|IM14000962 Charles de Lalongny}}{{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A Monument to Charles de Lalongny (1640){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM14000961|IM14000961 Monument to Charles de Lalongny}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Calvados department]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barbery,+France/@49.0150725,-0.3450629,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x480a3fd005196305:0x76982d14d4c0c1a Barbery on Google Maps]</ref>
<ref name=Geo>[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.3525,49.0106&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Barbery on the Géoportail] from [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1750>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.0106&lon=-0.3525&zoom=13 ''Barbery'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1790>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=49.0106&lon=-0.3525&zoom=12 ''Barbery'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]</ref>
}}

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