Bretteville

Bretteville
region	Normandy
Department	Some
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Tourlaville
Community association	Cotentine
Coordinates	49 ° 39 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W
height	0-156 m
surface	5.78 km 2
Residents	1,074 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	186 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	50110
INSEE code	50077
Website	www.brettevilleensaire.fr
	; Gallery tomb Allée couverte de la Forge in Bretteville-en-Saire

Bretteville is a commune in the Manche in the region of Normandy .

Toponymy

Bretteville is derived from Brite (from Great Britain ) and the French ending -ville .

In 1995 the local council wanted to rename the municipality Bretteville-en-Saire ( Bretteville-en-Saire is already written on the street signs ). The State Council did not accept the request for a renaming .

geography

Bretteville is on the north coast of the Cotentin , in the Val de Saire countryside .

The highest point reaches 156 m at Bellevue . The coast stretches for about 2.5 km.

Adjacent municipalities are:

Attractions

Saint Germain church from the 15th century.
The gallery tomb Allée couverte de la Forge was added to the list of historical monuments in 1862.

The gallery grave consists of conglomerate from the Triassic , which comes from the neighboring Maupertus-sur-Mer . Many visitors have a clear conscience that the conglomerate is today's concrete.

Personalities

Raymond Jupille (1913 in Bretteville - 1997) painter.

Individual evidence

^ 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. 78.
↑ Décret no 97-1172 on December 22, 1997 portant changement de nom de communes. on: legifrance.gouv.fr
↑ Dolmen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Trias website Lithothèque de Normandie (in French).
↑ Francis Doré, Claude Pareyn, Claude Larsonneur, Michel Rioult, Pierre Juignet: Guide géologique Normandy Maine. = Normandy, Maine (= Guides Géologiques Régionaux. ). 2ème édition, revisée et complétée, nouvelle présentation. Masson, Paris et al. 2006, ISBN 2-10-050695-1 , p. 81.

Web links

Altitudes : repertoire geographique des communes (site de l'IGN)
Coordonnées, superficie : Bretteville sur le site de l'Institut géographique national (Wikiwix archive).

[1] 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. 78.

[2] Décret no 97-1172 on December 22, 1997 portant changement de nom de communes. on: legifrance.gouv.fr

[3] Dolmen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[4] Trias website Lithothèque de Normandie (in French).

[5] Francis Doré, Claude Pareyn, Claude Larsonneur, Michel Rioult, Pierre Juignet: Guide géologique Normandy Maine. = Normandy, Maine (= Guides Géologiques Régionaux. ). 2ème édition, revisée et complétée, nouvelle présentation. Masson, Paris et al. 2006, ISBN 2-10-050695-1 , p. 81.