Barbery, Calvados

Barbery ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.<ref>INSEE commune file</ref>

Geography

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The Lavoir (Public laundry) at Mesnil-Touffray

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.<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/>

History

During early medieval times Barbery and its abbey were under the control of the de Livet family.<ref>Mémoires By Société des antiquaires de Normandie, 1837</ref>

Barbery appears as Barbery on the 1750 Cassini Map<ref name=Cassini1750/> and the same on the 1790 version.<ref name=Cassini1790/>

Administration

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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>Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr</ref>

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)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
• Farmhouses (19th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
• A Chateau at Mesnil-Aumont (18th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
• A Manor/Chateau at Mesnil-Touffray (15th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
• The Old Abbey Manor at Faverolles (12th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>

Religious heritage

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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 in 1181.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter (13th century).Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref> The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-18th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • A green Sofa, Armchair, and 2 Chairs (19th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • A Stoup (16th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • A Baptismal font (16th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • 4 Stained glass windows (1909/1932)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
• A Presbytery (18th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
• The Parish Church of Saint Martin at Mesnil-Touffray (13th century).Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref> The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Statues (16th-20th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • A Pulpit (18th century) (destroyed)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • A Baptismal font (17th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>
  • Tombstones (17th-18th century)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:Palissy Template:PalissyTemplate:In lang</ref>
  • A Monument to Charles de Lalongny (1640)Template:Palissy Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang</ref>

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department