Les Moitiers-d'Allonne
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Les Pieux | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 24 ′ N , 1 ° 47 ′ W | |
| height | 0-127 m | |
| surface | 17.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 690 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50270 | |
| INSEE code | 50332 | |
| Website | www.lesmoitiersdallonne.com | |
.JPG) Notre-Dame church and Saint-Pierre des Moitiers-d'Allonne church (3) .JPG |
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Les Moitiers-d'Allonne is a commune of 690 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Manche department in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Cherbourg and the canton of Les Pieux . The inhabitants call themselves Moutrons .
geography
The municipality is located on the Cotentin peninsula , around 100 kilometers northwest of Caen , and borders the English Channel to the west . Neighboring municipalities are Baubigny and Sénoville in the north, Sortosville-en-Beaumont in the east, La Haye-d'Ectot in the southeast and Barneville-Carteret in the south.
The community consists of two main hamlets, Les Moitiers d'Allonne itself and Hatainville. A larger dune massif (Dunes d'Hatainville) extends near Hatainville to an area of about 400 hectares along the coast (from Baubigny to Cape de Carteret ) and also inland. It is a nature reserve. The dunes reach a maximum height of 80 meters. The area is administered by the municipality and the Conservatoire du littoral . The previously movable shifting dunes were fixed by wooden fences and planting beach grass.
Transport links
Les Moitiers-d'Allonne is served by the Manéo no.10 bus line operated by the Manche department ( Portbail - Barneville-Carteret - Les Pieux - Cherbourg bus line ). This means that the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg railway line in Cherbourg can be reached by public transport.
Toponymy
Les Moitiers is derived from the Latin monasterium and means the churches, while Allonne is derived from the Gallic ( i.e. Celtic) alauna . Alauna is made up of al- , which means height (cf. Alleaume, district of Valognes ).
Hatainville is derived from the Scandinavian Hasstein and the Latin ending -ville .
history
In 1818 the two formerly independent municipalities of Notre-Dame-d'Allonne and Saint-Pierre-d'Allonne were merged under the name of Les Moitiers-d'Allonne .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 515 | 504 | 538 | 597 | 613 | 660 | 675 |
economy
Attractions
- Gallery grave Autel des Druides (German: Altar of the Druids) , which was added to the list of historical monuments .
- Notre-Dame church, which houses a high relief (La Trinité) from the 16th century. Has been added to the list of historical monuments as an item.
Personalities
- François-Médard Racine (1774-1817), privateer, who was born in Notre-Dame-d'Allonne (see Port-Racine in Saint-Germain-des-Vaux ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Les Moitiers-d'Allonne website Wikimanche (French).
- ↑ Map of Manéo (French)
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Pressuniversitaires de Caen . Page 177. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ↑ Allée couverte dite Autel des Druides in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ François-Médard Racine website Wikimanche (French).