Avranchin
The Avranchin is an area in Normandy , corresponding to the area of the Abrincatui , a tribe of Celts from whom the city of Avranches , the capital of Avranchin, owes its name. The Mortainais is part of the Avranchin.
In 867, Charles the Bald ceded by the Treaty of Compiègne das Avranchin together with the county of Cotentin Salaün , King of Brittany . In 933 it was reunited with the Duchy of Normandy William I.
The most famous place in Avranchin is Le Mont-Saint-Michel .
The Lison – Lamballe railway, which crosses the Avranchin, connects Caen with Rennes , and thus Normandy with Brittany .
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Avranchin website Wikimanche (French).
- ^ Mortainais website Wikimanche (French).
literature
- Richard Seguin, Olivier Basselin, Essai sur l'histoire de l'industrie du bocage , Vire, Adam, 1910