L'Étang-Bertrand
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Bricquebec | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 28 ′ N , 1 ° 34 ′ W | |
| height | 9-81 m | |
| surface | 8.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 341 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50260 | |
| INSEE code | 50176 | |
 Saint-Siméon church |
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L'Étang-Bertrand is a French municipality with 341 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Canton Bricquebec and Arrondissement of Cherbourg , in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy and the north of France is.
Toponymy
L'Étang-Bertrand means l'étang de Bertrand ( Eng. Bertrand's pond ).
geography
The municipality is located in the center of the Cotentin peninsula , about 15 km from the north, 20 km from the west and 20 km from the east coast of the peninsula.
Adjacent municipalities are:
The departmental roads D 167 and D 902 run through the municipality. The Douve is for long stretches the border river to the neighboring communities to the east.
Attractions
- Saint-Siméon church from the 18th century, renovated in the 19th century; in November 2013 the church tower was replaced
- Old Roman camp
- Stele in memory of an aviator whose plane fell during World War II
economy
From the major transformer station in L'Étang-Bertrand (in the hamlet of Menuel), the electricity from the Flamanville nuclear power plant is distributed to the French grid.
The Alderney Strait, located between France and the Bailiwick of Guernsey , has a huge energy potential and is shared by both countries. Therefore, as part of the development of renewable energies, an HVDC connection is planned between England and the Cotentin , which could land in Siouville-Hague
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 118. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ↑ Réseau de transport d'électricité ( Memento des Originals of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. RTE see page 65 (in French).
- ^ [1] Website France 3 Basse-Normandie (in French).
- ↑ Réseau de transport d'électricité ( Memento des original of December 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (in French).
