Fierville-les-Mines

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Fierville-les-Mines
Coat of arms of Fierville-les-Mines
Fierville-les-Mines (France)
Fierville-les-Mines
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Les Pieux
Community association Cotentine
Coordinates 49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 40 ′  W
height 22-108 m
surface 7.44 km 2
Residents 339 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50580
INSEE code 50183

Fierville-les-Mines windmill

Fierville-les-Mines is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy, France . The inhabitants call themselves Fiervillais .

Toponymy

French fier proud (Latin ferus ) followed by the French ending -ville . -les-Mines is an allusion to the former iron mining industry. This appendix has existed since 1935.

geography

Fierville-les-Mines is on the Cotentin Peninsula . Adjacent municipalities are:

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 412 338 322 284 245 252 303

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre Church (14th century - 1768)
  • Eighteenth century retable, statue of Saint Peter (sixteenth century) included in the list of historical monuments (as an object)
  • Virgin and Child (Vierge à l'Enfant) from the 14th century in a niche that has been included in the list of historical monuments (as an object).
  • Le Bas Manoir (15th to 18th centuries).
  • Former windmill from 1744, repaired in 1997.
Saint-Pierre church
Virgin with the child

Web links

Commons : Fierville-les-Mines  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 112. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
  2. ^ Statue: Saint Pierre en chape in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
  3. ^ Statue: Vierge à l'Enfant in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
Altitudes, superficie : IGN Répertoire géographique des communes .