Champcerie

Champcerie
region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Athis-de-l'Orne
Community association	Val d'Orne
Coordinates	48 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W
height	159-231 m
surface	8.94 km 2
Residents	160 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	61210
INSEE code	61084
Saint-Céneri church

Champcerie is a French municipality with 160 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Orne in the region of Normandy .

geography

The municipality is 16 kilometers northwest of the city of Argentan and a few kilometers south of the border with the Calvados department . The area of ​​the commune is traversed by the Baize and the Ruisseau des Monts Hiboux and Fontaine André streams . The neighboring municipalities of Champcerie are Bazoches-au-Houlme in the north, Neuvy-au-Houlme in the northeast, Habloville in the east, Giel-Courteilles in the southeast, Putanges-Pont-Écrepin in the south, Les Rotours in the southwest and Rabodanges in the west.

Infrastructure

A regional main traffic axis with the name D909 runs west of the core town, which connects to Falaise to the north and to Putanges-Pont-Écrepin to the south. There is also a network of local roads that connect to neighboring towns.

Thanks to favorable geological factors, horse breeding is located in Champcerie and represents an important branch of the economy.

History and culture

Place name

In 1094 the place was mentioned under the name Cancelsium , which was followed by further mentions under names such as Chancery , Chancelers , Chansserys . It is considered clear that the naming is of Latin origin, even if there are different approaches to the interpretation of the name. According to one theory, it could be a derivation from Campus rivi , which translates as “field by the stream”. Possibly the name is a variation of the Latin expression campus cereris , which would mean "field of Ceres" with a view to the Roman goddess of fertility Ceres . A third hypothesis sees the derivation of Campus Cenerici with reference to the Norman saint Céneri from the 7th century.

Buildings and sights

The village church of Saint-Céneri in the center of the village was built in the 1860s. The interior is formed by a paneled vault and contains cultural assets such as a baptismal font, a Way of the Cross and three wooden altars. One of the altars probably dates from the late 17th century and, like the church's processional cross, was already part of a previously existing prayer house. As a further religious heritage, there are seven different calvaries in the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2010	2017
Residents	154	143	113	108	103	116	137	160

In 1800 the community comprised 428 inhabitants and was able to increase this number until the population reached its peak in 1836 with 483 inhabitants. This was followed by a continuous decline, with the result that the number halved to 240 by 1906. It continued to decline sharply, until it reached its low point in 1990 with 103 people and entered a phase of population growth.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mairie de Champcerie , annuaire-mairie.fr
2. ↑ ^{a b} La Forêt-Auvray ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2013 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. , cc-valdorne.fr  
3. ↑ Champcerie - Notice Communale , cassini.ehess.fr