Souleuvre en Bocage

Souleuvre en Bocage
Commune
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Location of Souleuvre en Bocage
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Coordinates: 48°56′17″N 0°50′31″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Condé-en-Normandie
Intercommunality	Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Area ^1	187.28 km^2 (72.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	8,745
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14061 /14350
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Souleuvre en Bocage (French pronunciation: [sulœvʁ ɑ̃ bɔkaʒ], literally Souleuvre in Bocage) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Beaulieu, Le Bény-Bocage (the seat), Bures-les-Monts, Campeaux, Carville, Étouvy, La Ferrière-Harang, La Graverie, Malloué, Montamy, Mont-Bertrand, Montchauvet, Le Reculey, Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles, Sainte-Marie-Laumont, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Saint-Martin-Don, Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces, Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine and Le Tourneur.^[2]

Geography

The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	7,396	—
1975	6,763	−1.27%
1982	6,763	+0.00%
1990	7,030	+0.49%
1999	7,488	+0.70%
2007	8,069	+0.94%
2012	8,593	+1.27%
2017	8,839	+0.57%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)
3. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500118 - Bassin de la Druance - Description".
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE