Granchain

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Granchain
Granchain (France)
Granchain
local community Mesnil-en-Ouche
region Normandy
Department Your
Arrondissement Bernay
Coordinates 49 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E 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

Web links

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