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Villers-Bocage
Villers-Bocage
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°05′N 0°40′W / 49.08°N 0.66°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Les Monts d'Aunay
Intercommunality	Pré-Bocage Intercom
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Leberrurier
Area 1	5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,130
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14752 /14310
Elevation	95–217 m (312–712 ft) ; (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-Bocage (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ bɔkaʒ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in Northern France.

History edit

Second World War edit

The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a significant battle between British and German forces on 13 June 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.^[3] Further fighting occurred two weeks later during Operation Epsom, during which the village was destroyed by 250 RAF heavy bombers.

Population edit

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,121	—
1800	1,010	−1.48%
1806	1,223	+3.24%
1821	1,177	−0.26%
1831	1,178	+0.01%
1836	1,178	+0.00%
1841	1,146	−0.55%
1846	1,134	−0.21%
1851	1,127	−0.12%
1856	1,105	−0.39%
1861	1,156	+0.91%
1866	1,155	−0.02%
1872	1,147	−0.12%
1876	1,139	−0.17%
1881	1,084	−0.98%
1886	1,147	+1.14%
1891	1,057	−1.62%
1896	1,104	+0.87%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,047	−1.05%
1906	1,073	+0.49%
1911	1,141	+1.24%
1921	1,039	−0.93%
1926	1,060	+0.40%
1931	1,093	+0.62%
1936	1,202	+1.92%
1946	743	−4.70%
1954	1,431	+8.54%
1962	1,825	+3.09%
1968	1,985	+1.41%
1975	2,317	+2.23%
1982	2,623	+1.79%
1990	2,845	+1.02%
1999	2,904	+0.23%
2007	2,894	−0.04%
2012	3,072	+1.20%
2017	3,108	+0.23%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

International relations edit

The commune is twinned with:

Bampton, Devon, UK since 1974

References edit

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Daniel Taylor: Villers-Bocage through the Lens. 1999, ISBN 978-1870067072.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villers-Bocage, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE