Fierville-les-Mines
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Some | |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
Canton | Les Pieux | |
Community association | Cotentine | |
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:
- Saint-Pierre-d'Arthéglise
- Bricquebec-en-Cotentin with Le Valdécie
- Saint-Jacques-de-Nehou
- Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin
- Besneville
- Le Mesnil
- Port-Bail-sur-Mer with Portbail
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.
Web links
Commons : Fierville-les-Mines - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Fierville-les-Mines Wikimanche (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 112. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ^ Statue: Saint Pierre en chape in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ^ Statue: Vierge à l'Enfant in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).