Agneaux

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Agneaux
Agneaux (France)
Agneaux
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Saint-Lô-1
Community association Saint-Lô Agglo
Coordinates 49 ° 7 ′  N , 1 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′  N , 1 ° 7 ′  W
height 7-86 m
surface 6.50 km 2
Residents 4,027 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 620 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50180
INSEE code 50002
Website www.agneaux.fr

Château Sainte-Marie castle

Agneaux [ aɲo: ] is a French commune in the Manche department in the region of Normandy . It is assigned to the canton of Saint-Lô-1 and the arrondissement of Saint-Lô .

geography

The street and housing estate with 4027 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in a loop of the river Vire, which extends to the east, immediately west of the city of Saint-Lô . It is crossed by the D900 département road that goes from Saint-Lô to Coutances .

history

During the construction of the Saint-Lô bypass, emergency excavations were carried out after the first archaeological finds . It clearly showed that the area was already populated in prehistoric times . Most of the traces found date from the Bronze Age, including a large necropolis . But everyday objects from the Middle Ages were also brought to light.

Toponyms

The medieval place name is derived from the old French word Agnel (French agneau , German "lamb"). It is believed that there was once a sheep farm on site.

The following derivatives of the place name can also be found in ancient scriptures:

  • Agnels 1056/1066
  • Herbertus de Agnes 1056/1066
  • Agnels ~ 1135
  • de Agnellis ~ 1180
  • de Agneax ~ 1210
  • Philip de Agnellis 1218
  • ecclesi [a] Sancti Johannis de Agnellis ; dominus de Agnellis 1332
  • Sanctus Johannes de Agnellis 1351/1352
  • Aigneaux 1612/1636, 1677

Population development

year 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 1,178 1,250 1,787 1,707 2,308 2,819 3,716 4.173 4,476 4,087

Attractions

  • The 13th century Château de Sainte-Marie now functions as a hotel-restaurant and has been a French cultural monument since 1974 .
  • The farm of the castle ( Ferme du Château ) from the 17th century has been a Monument historique | French cultural monument since 1946.
  • The 19th century Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste church . The tower was destroyed in World War II in 1944 and later rebuilt.
  • Numerous archaeological finds, including two graves from the Merovingian period , around fifty axes and other relics.
  • The stony river landscape of La Falaise has been a site since 1974 .
  • Town Hall ( Mairie )
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
  • L'Institut Saint-Lô d'Agneaux (private school)
  • The Place de la palière is now the center of Agneaux

Personalities

Town twinning

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominique Cliquet, François Fichet de Clairfontaine, Cyril Marcigny (Eds.): 5000 ans d'histoire aux portes de Saint-Lô. Preventive archeology et aménagement du territoire. Archives départementales de la Manche, Saint-Lô 2000, ISBN 2-86050-007-3 .
  2. ^ Cyril Marcigny, Antoine Verney: Le nécropole d'Agneaux et ses dépôts (Manche). In: Cyril Marcigny, Cécile Colonna, Emmanuel Ghesquière, Guy Verron (eds.): La Normandie à l'aube de l'histoire. Les découvertes archéologiques de l'âge du Bronze 2300–800 av. J.-C. Somogy éditions d'art, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-85056-919-4 , pp. 118-119.
  3. ↑ Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquière, Cyril Marcigny: Agneaux "Bellevue" (Manche), un établissement rural bas-normand du VIIe s. In: Revue Archéologique de l'Ouest. Vol. 20, 2003, ISSN  0767-709X , pp. 171-190.
  4. ↑ Marie Fauroux: Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066 (= Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie. Series 4, 6 = 36, ISSN  1279-6662 ). Société des Antiquaires de Normandie et al., Caen 1961, p. 406, § 214.
  5. ↑ Marie Fauroux: Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066 (= Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie. Series 4, 6 = 36, ISSN  1279-6662 ). Société des Antiquaires de Normandie et al., Caen 1961, p. 408, § 214.
  6. ↑ a b c François de Beaurepaire: Les Noms de communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche. Picard, Paris, 1986, ISBN 2-7084-0299-4 , p. 65.
  7. ↑ Léopold Delisle : Recueil de jugements de l'Échiquier de Normandie au XIIIe siècle (1207-1270). Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1864, p. 62, § 242.
  8. ↑ Pouillé du Diocèse de Coutances, 1332. In: Auguste Longnon (ed.): Pouillés de la Province de Rouen (= Recueil des Historiens de la France. Pouillés. 2, ZDB -ID 2520455-5 ). Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1903, pp. 353B, 353C.
  9. ↑ Compte du Diocèse de Coutances, pour l'année 1351 ou 1352. In: Auguste Longnon (ed.): Pouillés de la Province de Rouen (= Recueil des Historiens de la France. Pouillés. 2, ZDB -ID 2520455-5 ) . Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1903, p. 369B.
  10. ↑ Jean Bigot sieur de Sommesnil: État des paroisses des élections de Normandie. 1612/1636 [BN, ms. fr. 4620].
  11. ^ Roles par généralités et élections des paroisses de France et de leur imposition aux tailles. 1677 [BN, cinq cents Colbert, ms. 261 f ° 229 to 275].
  12. ↑ Entry no. PA00110316 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  13. ↑ Entry no. PA00110316 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  14. ↑ Association de jumelage Agneaux Rapolt (French)

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