La Hague
 
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Location of La Hague in France |
La Hague is an area in the north-west of Normandy or the Cotentin countryside in the French department of Manche . The Cape of La Hague is in Auderville . La Hague forms a peninsula within the Cotentin Peninsula.
geology
La Hague is located in the Armorican massif . In Jobourg the oldest rocks of France come for the digestion. At the Cape of La Hague, Cadomian granites and in Flamanville Variscan granites are exposed.
Toponymy
La Hague (pronunciation fr .: [Ag] nrm .: [Χag] with the Ach sound ) is derived from the Scandinavian hagi (cf. German enclosure ). Incidentally, the purpose of the Hague Dick was to make access to the Cape de la Hague more difficult.
energy
The tidal force can be developed in the Strait of Alderney .
The region is known for the La Hague reprocessing plant ( Usine de Retraitement de La Hague ) in Jobourg , Omonville-la-Petite , Digulleville and Herqueville , in which spent fuel elements from French and foreign nuclear power plants are processed, through the adjacent Center de stockage de la Manche and the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant . Not far away, though in British waters, is Hurd's Deep .
art
Jean-François Millet was born in Gréville-Hague . The poet Jacques Prévert is buried in Omonville-la-Petite .
history
The Hague-Dick is a prehistoric monument.
La Hague was one of four archdeaconates of the diocese of Coutances in the Middle Ages (the other three are: Bauptois , Val de Saire and Valognes ).
Saint Adelheid, Adela of France († 1079), daughter of King Robert the Pious and wife of Duke Richard III. of Normandy , carried the title of "Countess of Contenance", and thus a county that is not identifiable. To this end, David C. Douglas writes in William the Conqueror - Duke of Normandy: "... gave at the beginning of the second quarter of the 11th century Duke Richard III, the uncle of the conqueror, his wife Adela all. Pagi of Saire , La Hague and Bauptois in extreme north of the Cotentin ”.
See also
Web links
- lahague.org (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cap de la Hague website Wikimanche .
- ^ Jean-François Moyen: Les grands traits de l'histoire géologique de la France (métropolitaine). Version 3.1, 2005 (French). See page 9.
- ↑ Bay of Écalgrain and Bay of Cul-Rond Website Lithothèque de Normandie (French).
- ↑ les plus vieilles Roches de France sont dans la Hague (article) ( French ). La Presse de la Manche (daily newspaper), Paris August 27, 2009, p. 5: “ The oldest rocks in France are declared in la Hague , these rocks are not only exposed in Jobourg , but also in Omonville-la-Rogue , Eculleville and Gréville-Hague, d. H. from Pointe Jardeheu to Omonville-la-Rogue , then from Gréville-Hague to Landemer . "
- ↑ Cadomic Granite Website Lithothèque de Normandie .
- ↑ Flamanville granite website Lithothèque de Normandie .
- ↑ Renewable energies developpement-durable.gouv.fr, mars 2013. See in particular p. 46 (French).
- ↑ West Normandy Marine Energy ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 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. (French).
