Bauquay
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Bauquay (Template:IPA) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.<ref>Commune déléguée de Bauquay, INSEE</ref> On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.<ref>Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 Template:In lang</ref>
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Buxois or Buxoises.<ref>Inhabitants of Calvados Template:In lang</ref>
Geography
Bauquay is located some 6 km south by south-east of Villers-Bocage just north-west of Aunay-sur-Odon. Access to the commune is by the D8 road from Aunay-sur-Odon which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues north-east to Évrecy. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Vloquier and Les Perquettes. The commune is entirely farmland.<ref name=Google>Bauquay on Google Maps</ref><ref name=Geo>Bauquay on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Template:In lang</ref>
The Odon river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Orne at Caen. The Douvette river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north then north-west to join the Odon near Longvillers.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>
Geologically the commune is part of the Armorican Massif.
The climate is oceanic as in all of western France. The nearest weather station is Caen, 21 km 3.
Toponymy
The name of the locality was attested as Balcheium in 1082<ref name="Dauzat">Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 Template:In lang</ref> The toponym comes from the Gallic balc, meaning "clay", which gave the old French bauche with the same meaning. The place used to supply clay for construction.<ref>René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of names of communes in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, BnF 36174448w p. 59 Template:In lang</ref>
Bauquay appears as Beaugnay on the 1750 Cassini Map<ref name=Cassini1750/> and the same 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2017<ref>Reelection 2014: Bauquay (14260) - Municipal Elections 2014 Template:Webarchive, Ouest-France, consulted on 1 May 2014 Template:In lang</ref> | Gilles Leconte |
The Municipal Council was composed of 11 members including the Mayor and 2 deputies.<ref>art L. 2121-2 of the General Code of Collective Territories Template:In lang.</ref>
Demography
In 2012 the commune had 296 inhabitants.
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Sites and monuments
- The Church of Saint-Mathieu (12th century) with an 18th-century bell tower.
- An Oratory chapel (19th century)
Notable people linked to the commune
- Renaud Allirand, painter and engraver, lived in the commune from 1974 to 1987.