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| Château de Bricquebec | |
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Location within Lower Normandy region
Bricquebec
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
| Canton | Bricquebec |
| Mayor | Henri-Louis Védie (PR) (2008–2014) |
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| Land area1 | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,442 (1999) |
| - Density | 136 /km2 (350 /sq mi) |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bricquebec, a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.
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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 Viking colonisation of the Cotentin peninsula at the beginning of the 10th century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château to the Norman, Anslech. The dukes of Normandy made Bricquebec one of their strongholds.
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