Brévands

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Brévands
Brévands (France)
Brévands
local community Carentan-les-Marais
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Coordinates 49 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 11 ′  W
Post Code 50500
Former INSEE code 50080
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

town hall

Brévands is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Carentan-les-Marais with 302 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy .

geography

Brévands is located on the Cotentin peninsula , on the Baie des Veys bay , in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Nature Park .

Adjacent communities were:

The parish consisted of numerous polders in the Baie des Veys . The Pointe de Brévands lies between the Douve and Vire rivers .

The canal between Carentan and the Baie des Veys .

Toponymy

Bevrant is mentioned in 1056 . Then Beverant in 1200, Bevran around 1280, Bevrant in 1421 and also 1497. Finally Brevant in 1559, Brevand in 1753, Brevands in 1793.

Through the metathesis of [r], Bevrant became Brévands. In the 18th century the t was replaced by a d at the end , just as arbitrarily an s was added.

Bevr- would be the Gallic word for beaver (cf. German beaver, en. Beaver ).

The ending -ant would correspond to a pre -Indo-European hydronic root, so that Brévands would mean beaver river.

history

Young Wilhelm could have died in Brévands and would never have conquered (see Baie des Veys ). The municipality of Brévands was incorporated into Baie des Veys on January 1, 2017.

Attractions

Saint Martin Church.
Lavoir .
  • Saint Martin Church

The Saint-Martin church and its Saint-Loup crypt have been listed as a historical monument since 1954. In 1978, a 17th century gisant lying in the cemetery was recovered in the north chapel of the church. It would be Demoiselle Anne de Mesnildot and her child.

  • The main altar is a listed building.

  • Pier.

  • Entrance to the crypt.

  • Gisant.

  • Lavoir that has been restored
  • beautiful manor farms:
    • Ferme de Grimarais
    • Colombier
    • Gancellerie
    • Manoir de Vermont
    • Capitainerie
    • Haras you chalet.

Personalities

Fromond de Coutances was born around 600. He was the 14th Bishop of Coutances . He would have been born in Brévands. There is still a fountain in the municipality called Fontaine Saint-Fromont .

Web links

Commons : Brévands  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brévands website Wikimanche (in French).
  2. ^ François de Beaurepaire, Les noms de communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche , Picard, Paris, 1986, page 87.
  3. ^ Cahiers Léopold Delisle , p. 41.
  4. ^ François de Beaurepaire, Les noms de communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche , Picard, Paris, 1986, page 87.
  5. ^ Dominique Fournier «Brevands # Toponymy» in Wikimanche
  6. ^ Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France. Librairie Guénégaud. Albert Dauzat , Charles Rostaing . 1979. Paris. ISBN 2-85023-076-6
  7. ^ Albert Dauzat, Gaston Deslandes and Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de rivières et de montagnes en France , Klincksieck, Paris, 1978, p. 20b.
  8. ↑ Entry no. PA00110342 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)