Flamanville (Manche)

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Flamanville
Flamanville Coat of Arms
Flamanville (France)
Flamanville
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Les Pieux
Community association Cotentine
Coordinates 49 ° 32 ′  N , 1 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′  N , 1 ° 52 ′  W
height 0-90 m
surface 7.22 km 2
Residents 1,759 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 244 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50340
INSEE code 50184
Website www.flamanville.fr .

semaphore

Flamanville is a commune in the Manche department of Normandy in France . The inhabitants call themselves Flamanvillais .

Toponymy

Flamanville is derived from the French patronymic Flamenc , followed by the French ending -ville .

geography

Norman cows in Flamanville
Château de Flamanville
The castle facade
Flamanville, former Loch (Trou) Baligan
Saint Germain à la Rouelle on arrival in Diélette (stained glass window)

Flamanville is on the west coast of the Cotentin Peninsula . The Cape of Flamanville is located between Cape la Hague in the north and Cape Carteret in the south. Flamanville is known for its Variscan Flamanville granite, which is mentioned in all French geology books.

The underground mining of an iron ore deposit (from sedimentary rocks) lasted until 1962. The iron ore was mined underground under the sea. Since the water is no longer pumped out, the tunnels are now filled with water.

The Trou Baligan

This hole ( trou ) reached 200 m deep into the granite. According to a local tradition, eerie noises could be heard after the flood, which could be attributed to a dragon. In 448, Saint-Germain landed à la rouelle from Ireland and defeated the monster, which was then turned into granite. The visible "red veins" made of iron minerals in the rock are supposed to remind of the blood of the dragon.

The Trou Baligan had to give way when the nuclear power plant was built .

Structure of the community

Flamanville extends along a road that is more than 3 km long. The community consists of three parts:

  • Caubus, in the south of the castle
  • cité Sainte-Barbe, where the underground mining took place
  • Flamanville, where the church and town hall are.

Attractions

  • The 17th century castle is built on the remains of an 11th century manor house. In the castle park, there is the dahlia garden , which consists of:
    • The municipal collection, with more than 100 varieties, many of which come from Lyon's Park Tête d'Or ;
    • the collection of the Conservatory Garden with more than 400 varieties.
  • Saint Germain Church from the 13th century
  • Semaphore built in 1867 , converted into a restaurant in 1988
  • The port of Port-Diélette to the north, partly in the area of Tréauville
  • Flamanville nuclear power plant (2 units in operation, the third under construction).

Personalities

  • Saint Germain à la rouelle (5th century), who is said to have killed the dragon in Loch Baligan.
  • Hervé de Flamanville (XVIIe siècle), baron then Marquis of Flamanville, great Vogt of Cotentin had today's castle built.
  • Jean-Hervé Basan de Flamanville (Castle of Flamanville, February 15, 1666 - Perpignan, January 5, 1721), son of the Marquis Hervé de Flamanville. He became a priest in Cherbourg , then Vicar General in Chartres , and Bishop of Perpignan through Louis XIV in 1695.
  • Lucien Goubert (1887 in Flamanville - 1964), painter, was born in the hamlet of Caubus. He had painted numerous landscapes and is only known in the Manche department . The college of Flamanville is called Lucien Goubert .

Individual evidence

  • Altitudes  : repertoire geographique des communes.
  1. ^ René Lepelley: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen , ISBN 2-905461-80-2 , p. 123.
  2. ↑ Flamanville granite website Lithothèque de Normandie .
  3. ^ François Michel: Le tour de France d'un géologue. ISBN 978-2-603-01546-9 , p. 38.
  4. ↑ Guide geologique Normandie Maine. 2nd Edition. Edition Dunod, ISBN 2-10-050695-1 , p. 90.
  5. ↑ Trou Baligan Wikimanche (French).
  6. ^ Saint-Germain à la Rouelle Wikimanche (French).
  7. ↑ Vérusmor: Le domaine seigneurial et le château de Flamanville. In: Annuaire du département de la Manche. Elie fils, Saint-Lô 1863.
  8. ↑ Site de l'IGN ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / professionnels.ign.fr

bibliography

  • Hugues Plaideux: Une amitié méconnue: Jean-Jacques Rousseau et le marquis de Flamanville. In: Revue de la Manche. t. 39, fasc. 155, July 1997.
  • Paul Vialar : La Maison sous la mer. Novel. éd. Denoël, 1941.