Bricquebec

Bricquebec
local community	Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
region	Normandy
Department	Some
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Coordinates	49 ° 28 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ W Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ W
Post Code	50260
Former INSEE code	50082
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée
	; Bricquebec with the clock tower and keep of the castle

Bricquebec is a village and a former French commune with 4,047 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 Bricquebec . The inhabitants call themselves Bricquebétais.

With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Bricquebec , Les Perques , Quettetot , Saint-Martin-le-Hébert , Le Valdécie and Le Vrétot were merged into a commune nouvelle with the name Bricquebec-en-Cotentin and have become the new municipality the status of a Commune déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Bricquebec.

Toponymy

Bricquebec is made up of brekka (Scandinavian hill ) and bekkr (Scandinavian brook , cf. German brook).

Geographical location

The place is located in the center of the Cotentin peninsula , about 20 km from the north, 15 km from the west and 25 km from the east coast of the peninsula.

The main road connections with Cherbourg are in the north and with Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in the south (D900), as well as with Valognes in the east and Barneville-Carteret in the southwest (D902).