The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bassenevillais or Bassenevillaises.

Basseneville is located in the Pays d'Auge some 12 km east of Caen and 8 km south-east of Cabourg. Access to the commune is by the D675 road from Goustranville in the east which passes through the south of the commune continuing south-west to Saint-Samson. The D224A also comes from Saint-Samson and passes through the commune continuing north-east to join the D224 just north-east of the commune. The A13 autoroute passes through the commune from east to west but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit  29  Dozulé to the east of the commune which has no direct access the commune and Exit  30/31  to the south-west which connects to the D675. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Église, Les Marettes, Saint-Richer, and La Chollerie. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Dives river forms the north-western border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the sea at Cabourg. The Grand Canal forms the south-eastern border of the commune.

Basseneville appears as Bafneville on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Bosneville on the 1790 version.

A railway station on the Caen to Dozulé-Putot line existed in the commune from 1881 to 1938. The line that passed through the commune was finally closed in 1943.

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List of Successive Mayors

In 2017 the commune had 257 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 334 —     1800 266 −3.20% 1806 302 +2.14% 1821 327 +0.53% 1831 425 +2.66% 1836 446 +0.97% 1841 415 −1.43% 1846 409 −0.29% 1851 367 −2.14% 1856 341 −1.46% 1861 332 −0.53% 1866 360 +1.63% 1872 323 −1.79% 1876 307 −1.26% 1881 302 −0.33% 1886 286 −1.08% 1891 257 −2.12% 1896 240 −1.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 252 +0.98% 1906 221 −2.59% 1911 216 −0.46% 1921 204 −0.57% 1926 205 +0.10% 1931 188 −1.72% 1936 220 +3.19% 1946 188 −1.56% 1954 197 +0.59% 1962 189 −0.52% 1968 195 +0.52% 1975 197 +0.15% 1982 223 +1.79% 1990 234 +0.60% 1999 263 +1.31% 2007 262 −0.05% 2012 258 −0.31% 2017 257 −0.08%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE

The Chapel of Saint Richer contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Chalice with Paten (18th century)
• A Trunk (17th century)
• A Painting with frame: Crucifixion (17th century)

The Parish Church of Notre-Dame also contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Tabernacle (17th century)
• A Painting: The Holy Family (18th century)
• A Painting with frame: Holy Family (18th century)
• An Altar, Retable, and 2 doors (1719)
• A Lectern (1721)

• Jean-Victor Durand-Duquesnay (1785 at Basseneville - 1862), Normandy botanist
• Pierre (François-Amand) Bazin (1796 at Basseneville - 1865)

• Communes of the Calvados department

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