Barneville-la-Bertran
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Barneville-la-Bertran (before 1995: Barneville)<ref>Décret du 6 novembre 1995 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0266, 16 November 1995, p. 16810.</ref> is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.<ref>INSEE commune file</ref>
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barnevillais or Barnevillaises.<ref>Inhabitants of Calvados Template:In lang</ref>
Geography
Barneville-la-Bertran is located north of the Pays d'Auge some 6 km south-west of Honfleur, 15 km south by south-east of Le Havre (across the Seine Estuary) and 10 km north-east of Deauville. Access to the commune is by the D62 from Pennedepie in the north which passes through the north of the commune and continues east to Équemauville. The D279 branches from the D288 south of the commune - just east of Deauville – Normandie Airport - and passes north through the village and joins the D62 just east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>
Toponymy
Barneville was called Barnavilla in 1062: from the Scandinavian antroponym Biarn<ref>Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 Template:In lang</ref> or Barni<ref>René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996 bnf 36174448w, p. 59 Template:In lang</ref> and the Latin villa giving the meaning "rural domain". Bertran is the family name of the lords of the area in the Middle Ages.<ref>Community of communes of Pays de Honfleur - Barneville-la-Bertran Template:Webarchive, consulted on 20 April 2012 Template:In lang</ref>
On 6 November 1995 the commune of Barneville officially changed its name to Barneville-la-Bertran.<ref>Decree of 6 November 1995 Template:In lang</ref>
History
Barneville-la-Bertran appears as Barneville-la-Bertrand on the 1750 Cassini Map<ref name=Cassini1750/> and as Barneville on the 1790 version.<ref name=Cassini1790/>
Administration
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=Template:AmboxTemplate:Main other }} List of Successive Mayors<ref>List of Mayors of France Template:In lang</ref>
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 1792 | Léonard Joseph Chauffer de Barneville |
| 1792 | 1795 | François Trembley |
| 1800 | 1811 | Pierre Charles Coulon |
| 1811 | 1830 | Alexandre Naguet de Saint-Georges |
| 1830 | 1840 | Jean Charles Casimir Langin |
| 1840 | 1846 | Jean Pierre Canterel |
| 1846 | 1848 | Jean Jacques Lebey |
| 1848 | 1849 | Elie Paumier |
| 1849 | 1855 | Jean Jacques Lebey |
| 1850 | 1883 | Amand Constant Rufin |
| 1995 | 2001 | Jean Pierre Aubert |
| 2001 | 2026<ref name="of-municipales2014">Reelection 2014: Barneville-la-Bertran (14600) - Municipales 2014, Ouest-France, consulted on 16 June 2014 Template:In lang</ref> | Jean-François Bernard |
The municipal council is made up of 11 members including the Mayor and two deputies.<ref>art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories Template:In lang.</ref>
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 127 inhabitants.
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Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has two buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
- The Manoir des Vallées (12th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:CameraTemplate:In lang</ref>
- The Chateau of Barneville Park (1873)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
Religious heritage
- The Church of Saint John the BaptistTemplate:Mérimée Icon is flanked by a quadrangular tower and is registered as an historical monument.<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:MériméeTemplate:Camera Template:In lang</ref>
Notable people linked to the commune
- Jean Doublet (1655 - 1728 at Barneville), pirate.
- Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1651 at Barneville - 1705), French writer of fairy tales.
- Françoise Sagan (1935-2004), writer, lived in the Breuil Manor before Lucien and Sacha Guitry. Died in hospital at Équemauville on 24 September 2004. Her body remained in her manor before being buried in Lot where she was born.