Dangu
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Your | |
| Arrondissement | Les Andelys | |
| Canton | Gisors | |
| Community association | Vexin Normand | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 15 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 40-101 m | |
| surface | 7.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 573 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 27720 | |
| INSEE code | 27199 | |
 Saint-Jean-Baptiste church |
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Dangu is a French municipality with 573 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy .
geography
The place is on the eastern edge of Eure, 6.6 kilometers southwest of Gisors and 24 kilometers northeast of Vernon on the orographic right bank of the Epte River .
history
Since the time of the Norman invasion, Dangu has been a strategic place from which to rule the Epte Valley. William the Conqueror (1027 / 28-1087) maintained an outpost here on a motte with a garrison, which was commanded by Guillaume I. du Bec-Crespin. The moth was burned to the ground in 1118 and then repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. Jacques II. De Bourbon, comte de La Marche (1370–1438), had a new castle built and the Motte was abandoned. Later the village came into the possession of the Montmorency family . The last Seigneur von Dangu before the French Revolution (1789-1799) was Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1730-1807).
| year | 1793 | 1836 | 1936 | 1975 | 1990 | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 528 | 653 | 368 | 519 | 610 | 576 | 579 |
Attractions
The town center is classified as a Site Inscrit (cultural monument). The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Dangu was built in the 12th century. The walls of the nave have been preserved. The spire was renewed in the 16th century. The church windows are dated to 1589. The church was classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) in 1913 . During renovation work, a liter funéraire (mourning ribbon) with three coats of arms was discovered in the church behind wood paneling . Two of the coats of arms are well preserved, their shields are square and bear the crown of a marquis . You belong to the Jubert de Bouville family. The third coat of arms is poorly preserved, but it can be seen that it belonged to François-Henri de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1628–1695), who owned Dangu in the second half of the 17th century.
The neoclassical ancien Château de Montretout (also: Nouveau Château ), which was built in Saint-Cloud in the 18th century , burned down during the siege of Paris (1870–1871) . In 1876 the castle was restored. In 1884 the duc acquired Pozzo di Borgo Dangu, where there were remains of a medieval castle called Ancien Château (old castle). From 1896 to 1899 he transferred the remains of his Montretout castle to Dangu. The remains were assembled and called the Nouveau Château (new castle). The garden designer Achille Duchêne (1866–1947) designed the park of the palace. It has been entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques since 2005 .
economy
In the 19th century Dangu had a zinc foundry owned by the Vieille Montagne company , a flour mill and two brick factories . Gloves, lace and tapestries were also made.
Frédéric de Lagrange (1815–1883) founded the Haras de Dangu stud in 1857 . In the 19th century the stud was considered one of the best stud farms in France. Rayon d'Or ("Golden Ray of Light") was one of his most successful horses .
In the meantime tourism has grown in importance, there are several chambre d'hôtes and a campsite .
Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) apply to pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider (Cidre de Normandie and Cidre normand) in the municipality .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ville de Dangu. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved July 21, 2012 (French).
- ^ A b c Daniel Delattre, Emmanuel Delattre: L'Eure, les 675 communes . Editions Delattre, Grandvilliers 2000, pp. 92 . (French)
- ^ Dangu - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 4, 2010 (French).
- ↑ List of the municipalities of Eure. (No longer available online.) In: eure.pref.gouv.fr. Préfecture of Eure, archived from the original on April 27, 2013 ; Retrieved on August 14, 2011 (French). 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.
- ↑ a b Dangu. In: Base Mérimée. Ministère de la culture, accessed June 4, 2010 (French).
- ↑ Pierre Bodin: Les liters seigneuriales des églises de l'Eure . Amis des Monuments et Sites de l'Eure, Amis de Bernay, Condé-sur-Noireau 2005, p. 69-71 . (French)
- ^ Albert de Saint-Albin: Les Courses de chevaux en France. Adamant Media Corporation, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4212-3073-3 , pp. 45-53 + 408 f . ( in Google Books [accessed June 5, 2010] reprint, first edition 1890). (French)
