Granchain
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local community | Mesnil-en-Ouche | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Your | |
Arrondissement | Bernay | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 40 ′ E | |
Post Code | 27410 | |
Former INSEE code | 27296 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Former Mairie from Granchain |
Granchain (until 2008 officially Grand Chain ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Mesnil-en-Ouche with 224 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region Normandy (before 2016 Haute-Normandie ).
With effect from January 1, 2016, sixteen previously independent municipalities from the former canton of Beaumesnil were merged into a commune nouvelle with the name Mesnil-en-Ouche. They were: Ajou , La Barre-en-Ouche , Beaumesnil , Bosc-Renoult-en-Ouche , Épinay , Gisay-la-Coudre , Gouttières , Granchain , Jonquerets-de-Livet , Landepéreuse , La Roussière , Saint-Aubin- des-Hayes , Saint-Aubin-le-Guichard , Sainte-Marguerite-en-Ouche , Saint-Pierre-du-Mesnil and Thevray . The municipality of Granchain belonged to the arrondissement of Bernay and the canton of Bernay (until 2015 Beaumesnil ).
geography
Granchain is located in northern France in the Pays d'Ouche on the southwestern edge of the Eure department.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 158 | 157 | 176 | 157 | 181 | 225 | 241 | 210 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Rectory
- The Rufaudière
- Liberge Castle
Personalities
- Guillaume Liberge de Granchain (1744-1805), naval officer