Beaufour-Druval
Commune
The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Druval
The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Druval
Coat of arms of Beaufour-Druval
Coat of arms
Location of Beaufour-Druval
Beaufour-Druval is located in France
Beaufour-Druval
Beaufour-Druval
Beaufour-Druval is located in Normandy
Beaufour-Druval
Beaufour-Druval
Coordinates: 49°12′52″N 0°01′36″E / 49.2144°N 0.0267°E / 49.2144; 0.0267
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonMézidon Vallée d'Auge
IntercommunalityNormandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Mercher[1]
Area
1
11.34 km2 (4.38 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
435
 • Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14231 /14340
Elevation30–151 m (98–495 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaufour-Druval (French pronunciation: [bofuʁ dʁyval] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaufourquais-Druvalais or Beaufourquaises-Druvalaises.[4]

Geography

Beaufour-Druval is located some 25 km east by north-east of Caen and 12 km south-east of Cabourg. Access to the commune is by the D287 road from Angerville in the north-west, the D276 from Cresseveuille in the north which continues south-east to Auvillars, and the D146 from Beuvron-en-Auge in the south-west which continues to join the D45 in the north-east. The D85 from Saint-Léger-Dubosq in the west to Rumesnil in the south forms part of the south-western border of the commune. Apart from the village, there are the hamlets of Saint-Aubin-Lebizay and La Ruelle. The commune is entirely farmland.[5][6]

The Ruisseau de Druval forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the Doigt west of Rumesnil. Several unnamed tributaries rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Ruisseau de Druval.[5][6]

Toponymy

Beaufour was attested in its Romanesque form Belfou in 1040 and 1066 then badly Latinized to Bellafagus in 1195.[7]

The name has no relationship with "un four" as shown in the old forms but comes from the beech tree, which was formerly called fou in the west.

Druval comes from Drudo plus the Latin suffix vallem.[8]

Beaufour appears as Beaufou on the 1750 Cassini Map[9] and the same on the 1790 version.[10]

Druval appears as Druval on the 1750 Cassini Map[9] and the same on the 1790 version.[10]

History

The commune was created in 1972 from the merger of Beaufour, Druval, and Saint-Aubin-Lebizay.[11]

The commune is probably the birthplace of William de Beaufeu, Bishop of Thetford from 1086 to 1091. It is also the probable birthplace of Richard de Beaufou, bishop of Avranches from 1134 to 1142 who is probably related to William de Beaufou.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

FromToName
20012008Gérard Desvoye
20082026Jean-Pierre Mercher

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 444 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 350—    
1800 176−9.35%
1806 243+5.52%
1821 252+0.24%
1831 211−1.76%
1836 230+1.74%
1841 213−1.52%
1846 181−3.20%
1851 163−2.07%
1856 163+0.00%
1861 149−1.78%
1866 152+0.40%
1872 137−1.72%
1876 130−1.30%
1881 148+2.63%
1886 134−1.97%
1891 140+0.88%
1896 149+1.25%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 155+0.79%
1906 125−4.21%
1911 129+0.63%
1921 118−0.89%
1926 125+1.16%
1931 106−3.24%
1936 114+1.47%
1946 116+0.17%
1954 96−2.34%
1962 131+3.96%
1968 105−3.62%
1975 239+12.47%
1982 293+2.95%
1990 323+1.23%
1999 362+1.27%
2007 424+2.00%
2012 425+0.05%
2017 444+0.88%
Source: EHESS[11] and INSEE[13]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Chateau (19th century)[14]

Religious heritage

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Druval (13th century) is registered as an historical monument.[15] It contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Inhabitants of Calvados (in French)
  5. 1 2 3 Beaufour-Druval on Google Maps
  6. 1 2 Beaufour-Druval on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ↑ Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, Librairie Droz, 1990, Vol II, 676 pages, p. 1236, ISBN 978-2-6000-0133-5 (in French).
  8. ↑ Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, Librairie Droz, 1990, Vol II, 676 pages, p. 920, ISBN 978-2-6000-0133-5 (in French).
  9. 1 2 Beaufou and Druval on the 1750 Cassini Map
  10. 1 2 Beaufou and Druval on the 1790 Cassini Map
  11. 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beaufour-Druval, EHESS (in French).
  12. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  13. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  14. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027386 Chateau (in French)
  15. 1 2 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111070 Church of Druval (in French)
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