Baudreville (Manche)
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| local community | La Haye | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Coutances | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50250 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50035 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Sainte-Marguerite Church |
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Baudreville is a village and a former French municipality with 76 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Coutances and the canton of Créances (until 2015: canton of La Haye-du-Puits ).
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Baudreville , Bolleville , Glatigny , La Haye-du-Puits , Mobecq , Montgardon , Saint-Rémy-des-Landes , Saint-Symphorien-le-Valois and Surville became the Commune nouvelle La Haye merged and have the status of a Commune déléguée there . The administrative headquarters are in La Haye-du-Puits.
geography
Baudreville is located on the Cotentin peninsula , in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin regional nature park .
Baudreville is a village with a rural character. The sea is 4 km away and the nearest shops are in Denneville , Portbail and La Haye-du-Puits . The village has a bocage landscape.
Toponymy
Baudreville is derived from the French ending -ville and the Germanic patronymic Baldarius (perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon patronymic Baldhere ).
history
In 1972 there was a merger between Baudreville, Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont and Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont . The resulting municipality was called Pierrepont-en-Cotentin . Soon, however, Baudreville wanted to regain his independence.
In 2006, the construction of a wind farm was approved after an investigation after the opinion of the population was sought.
economy
The main sources of income are cattle breeding and the development of wind energy.
Attractions
- Sainte-Marguerite church, the steeple of which was restored in 2005.
- Remains of a castle.
Personalities
- Clotilde Ozouf, who was born in Baudreville, was elected Queen of the Paris Carnival in 1900 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arrêté No. ASJ / 18-2015 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle La Haye of November 20, 2015 .
- ^ René Lepelley : Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie. 2nd edition, review and corrigée. Corlet et al., Condé-sur-Noireau 1996, ISBN 2-905461-80-2 , p. 60.
- ↑ Baudreville wind farm website Wikimanche (in French).