Mesnil-Verclives

Mesnil-Verclives
Commune
Mesnil-Verclives
Location within Normandy region  Mesnil-Verclives
Coordinates: 49°19′16″N 1°28′05″E / 49.3211°N 1.4681°E / 49.3211; 1.4681Coordinates: 49°19′16″N 1°28′05″E / 49.3211°N 1.4681°E / 49.3211; 1.4681
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Les Andelys
Intercommunality	Les Andelys et ses Environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian De Coninck
Area1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	272
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	27407 /27440
Elevation	92–173 m (302–568 ft) (avg. 147 m or 482 ft)
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.

Mesnil-Verclives is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

Etymology

Old North French Mesnil 'house' and Verclives (Warcliva 11th century) Old English clif or Old Norse klif. Verclives is located on a small hill. The first element could be Old English waeter. In French intervocalic consonants weakened and erased.

Old English clif or Old Norse klif can be found in several place-names of Normandy such as Witeclive 'white cliff' former hamlet near Evreux; Carquelif (Caleclif 1224 in Saint-Martin-en-Campagne); Risleclif former hamlet near Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque; Mont Escalleclif (12th century, Doville); Mont Entenclin (Mont Estenclif 'stone cliff')...

The hill was used as an observation post at the battle of Brémule.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE

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