Cerisy-la-Forêt

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Cerisy-la-Forêt
Cerisy-la-Forêt (France)
Cerisy-la-Forêt
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Pont-Hébert
Community association Saint-Lô Agglo
Coordinates 49 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W
height 34-131 m
surface 23.81 km 2
Residents 1,034 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 43 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50680
INSEE code 50110

Cerisy-la-Forêt is a French commune with 1,034 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy .

geography

Geographical location

Cerisy-la-Forêt is located in Normandy less than twenty kilometers inland as the crow flies from the coast to the English Channel in the canton of Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle on the eastern border of the Manche department to the Calvados department . The place is touched by the river Esque . The community lies on the edge of the forest area called Forêt de Cerisy , which is predominantly located in the neighboring Calvados department. In the southwest of the municipality is the valley of the Elle , a tributary of the Vire.

The seat of the prefecture of the department, the city of Saint-Lô , is about twelve kilometers to the southwest.

Neighboring communities

Starting in the south in a clockwise direction, Cerisy-la-Forêt is bordered by the communes of Saint-Georges-d'Elle , Couvains and Saint-Jean-de-Savigny , all of which are also in the canton of Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle and thus in the arrondissement Saint-Lô in the Manche department. This is followed by Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle in the canton of Isigny-sur-Mer , Tournières , Le Molay-Littry and Montfiquet in the canton of Balleroy , all in the Bayeux arrondissement of the neighboring Calvados department .

population

Population development

The population development of Cerisy-la-Forêt is as follows:

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
1.103 1,051 923 941 784 839 900

Religions

Cerisy-la-Forêt belongs to the parish of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus) with its seat in Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle of the deanery Pont-Hébert (Doyenné de Pont-Hébert) of the Catholic Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches) (Diocèse de Coutances-et-Avranches) .

history

The abbey church built by Duke Robert I the Magnificent
Floor plan of the abbey church

In the 6th century in Cerisy-la-Forêt founded St. Vigor , bishop of Bayeux , the later Benedictines guided Abbey Cerisy-la-Forêt. This was restored in 1032 by Robert I the Magnificent , Duke of Normandy , who in the same year began building the unique abbey church that is still preserved today. The abbey is richly endowed by Robert's son, William the Conqueror , and later abolished during the French Revolution .

partnership

On October 10, 1973, Cerisy-la-Forêt entered into a partnership with the then municipality of Scharmede in what was then the Büren district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Scharmede has been a district of Salzkotten in today's Paderborn district since January 1st, 1975 .

Culture and sights

Buildings

The most important building within the municipality is the 11th and 12th century abbey church of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Vigor , founded in the 6th century , a masterpiece of Norman Romanesque art and classified as a monument historique . This is followed by two châteaus , the Château de La Boulaye from the 18th and 20th centuries and the Château de La Couespellière from the 16th to the 19th century, each of which has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady . Which was built in the 19th century mill Airondel , in the 17th century, the manor Manoir des Rochers .

Soil monuments

The most important preserved ground monument in Cerisy-la-Forêt is a tumulus .

Parks and natural monuments

Noteworthy are the Elle valley to the south-west of the municipality and the Cerisy state forest, known as Bois l'Abbé . 1,976 of living there was to protect Gold Shiny ground beetle , the 2,124 hectares comprehensive protected area of the national forest of Cerisy (Réserve naturelle de la Forêt de Cerisy domaniale) furnished.

There are opportunities for hunting and fishing in the community, as well as for long hiking and cycling tours .

Regular events

The weekly market takes place on Wednesdays, the annual market on the 1st Wednesday in July. The date of the local patronage festival is the Sunday closest to July 14th. The monastery church is the location of the annual series of events "Ton und Lichterglanz" ("Son et Lumière") , which lasts from July 14th to September 15th.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Cerisy-la-Forêt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ^ INSEE : Cerisy-la-Forêt on the Insee website
  2. ↑ Diocese of Coutances (-Avranches) : Paroisses du Doyenné de PONT-HÉBERT ( Memento of the original of July 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Parishes of the deanery Pont-Hébert) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / catholique-coutances.cef.fr
  3. ↑ a b Heike Grieser :  VIGOR, Bishop of Bayeux. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1394-1395.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  4. ↑ a b c d e f quid.fr: Cerisy-la-Forêt (Manche) ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.quid.fr
  5. ↑ Passion Nature: Carabus (Chrysocarabus) auronitens Fabricius 1792
  6. ↑ Guilbert, Aimé-Victor-François. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed November 30, 2016.
  7. ^ French Wikipedia: Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert