La Meauffe

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La Meauffe
Coat of arms of La Meauffe
La Meauffe (France)
La Meauffe
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Pont-Hébert
Community association Saint-Lô Agglo
Coordinates 49 ° 11 ′  N , 1 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′  N , 1 ° 7 ′  W
height 4–87 m
surface 10.22 km 2
Residents 1,040 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 102 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50880
INSEE code
Website http://pagesperso-orange.fr/mairie.la-meauffe/

La Meauffe is a French commune with 1,040 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The municipality belongs to the canton of Pont-Hébert (until 2015: canton of Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle ) in the arrondissement of Saint-Lô . The inhabitants are called Meauffois .

geography

La Meauffe is located about seven kilometers north-northwest of Saint-Lô . The river Vire limits the parish to the northwest. La Meauffe is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Cavigny in the north and northwest, Airel in the north, Moon-sur-Elle in the north and northeast, Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle in the northeast, Villiers-Fossard in the east, Le Mesnil-Rouxelin in the South and south-east, Saint-Georges-Montcocq in the south, Rampan in the south-west, Pont-Hébert in the west and south-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
699 723 851 1,143 1,141 1,034 1,064 1,076

Culture and sights

  • Saint-Martin church, destroyed in 1944, rebuilt after the war
  • Remains of the Saint-Gilles castle, destroyed in 1944
  • Lime kiln, Monument historique

Web links

Commons : La Meauffe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INSEE : La Meauffe on the Insee website