Amfreville (Manche)
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| local community | Picauville | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 25 ′ N , 1 ° 24 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50480 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50005 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Amfreville is a village and a former French commune with 287 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Manche department in the Normandy region . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Cherbourg and the Canton of Sainte-Mère-Église .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former parishes of Picauville , Amfreville , Cretteville , Gourbesville , Houtteville and Vindefontaine were merged to form Commune nouvelle Picauville of the same name . The administrative seat is in Picauville. On January 1, 2017, the formerly independent municipality of Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois was added. All former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .
geography
Amfreville is located in northern France on the Cotentin peninsula , about 90 kilometers northwest of Caen , the capital of the Basse-Normandie region, about 47 kilometers northwest of Saint-Lô , the seat of the prefecture of the Manche department, about 30 kilometers southeast of Cherbourg-Octeville , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the Cherbourg arrondissement , and 5.6 kilometers west of Sainte-Mère-Église , the capital of the canton of Sainte-Mère-Église , at an average height of 16 meters above sea level . The river Merderet forms the eastern boundary of the municipality .
The place is assigned to a climate zone of type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ): warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
In 1793, Amfreville received the administrative status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) and in 1801 the right to local self-government due to the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte .
In 1812 Cauquigny was incorporated.
Culture and sights
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The parish church of Saint-Férréol in the district of Cauquigny was built in the 12th century but rebuilt in the 18th century. During the Second World War (1939–1945) the church was badly damaged and was not used again for church services until 1979 after a failed restoration .
The parish church of Saint-Martin is dedicated to Martin of Tours . It was built at the beginning of the 13th century. In the 16th century the choir was rebuilt and the roof vault was renewed in 1706. The nave and steeple were restored towards the end of the 18th century.
The first fortifications at the site of Amfreville Castle were built during the reign of William the Conqueror (from 1035 Duke of Normandy ). The buildings that have been preserved are the entrance gate, part of the residential building and the chapel . These buildings were constructed in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. A new residential building was built around 1740 but abandoned and destroyed in the course of the French Revolution. The outbuildings were partially renewed in the 20th century. Parts of the castle were entered in the supplementary list of historical monuments in 1965 .
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2009, 15 percent of the workforce were employed locally, the others were commuters . 7.4 percent of the employees were unemployed .
The nearest train station is in Valognes and is 12.3 kilometers away. The nearest airport is Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport, 27.3 kilometers away .
The area has controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Camembert de Normandie , Pont-l'Évêque (cheese) , butter and cream d'Isigny, and lamb (Prés-salés du Mont-Saint-Michel ) . The lambs graze on the salty meadows on the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel . Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) also apply to poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider with the names de Normandie or normand .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arrêté No. 2015-93 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Picauville of December 23, 2015
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture on the reshuffle of the Commune nouvelle Picauville of July 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Amfreville - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 7, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Entry No. 50005 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Commune: Amfreville (50005). Theme: Tous les thèmes. In: Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on June 7, 2013 (French).
- ↑ L'élevage de mouton de pré-salé. Association Interdépartementale Manche - Ille-et-Vilaine, accessed on September 13, 2012 (French).