Bricquebec
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| Commune of Bricquebec | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | ? |
| Latitude | ? |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Basse-Normandie |
| Département | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg-Octeville |
| Canton | Bricquebec |
| Intercommunality | yes |
| Mayor | ? (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | ?–? (avg. ?m) |
| Land area¹ | 32.66 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,442 |
| - Density (1999) | 136.0/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50082/ 50260 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Bricquebec, a commune of the département of Manche, in the Basse-Normandie région, France. Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.
As revealed by the etymology of its name, the origin of Bricquebec (from the Scandinavian bekkr, a course of water; in turn from brekka, slope) is connected to the epic of Viking invaders, very solidly implanted in the Cotentin peninsula at the beginning of the tenth century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château to the Norman, Anslech. The dukes of Normandy have made Bricquebec one of their strongholds.
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[edit] Monuments
(If an alternate image is available, feel free to insert it here. Use of the fr:Wikipedia image for this site is restricted and soon to be deleted:) thumbnail|250Px|left|Château de Bricquebec with polygonal turret (photo F. Pluquet)
(If an alternate image is available, feel free to insert it here. Use of the fr:Wikipedia image for this site is restricted and soon to be deleted:) thumbnail|250Px|Nocturnal lighting on the polygonal turret of the Château de Bricquebec (photo F. Pluquet)
- Château (XIIe), with polygonal ramparts, towers and turret (historical monument class).
- Château des Galleries (XVIe/XVIIe)
- Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Cistercian) (XIXe)
- Château Saint-Blaise (XVIIe/XIXe)
[edit] Events
- Walks every Monday morning
- Great La Sainte Anne traditional fair on the last weekend in July
[edit] Births
- Jean Le Marois (1776-1836), a general under Napoléon, député of la Manche.
- Armand Le Véel (1821-1905), statue sculptor
- Aristide Frémine (1837-1897), writer
- Roger Lemerre, soccer player, born in 1941, selected for national team of France, 1998-2002
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[edit] See also
- The Trappe de Bricquebec cheese
- The Trappiste de Bricquebec cheese
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