Montreuil-l'Argillé
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Your | |
| Arrondissement | Bernay | |
| Canton | Breteuil | |
| Community association | Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 29' E | |
| height | 161-225 m | |
| surface | 13.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 823 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 27390 | |
| INSEE code | 27414 | |
| Website | montreuillargille.fr | |
 The Saint-Georges church |
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Montreuil-l'Argillé is a French municipality with 823 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Bernay arrondissement , in the canton of Breteuil . The place is in the valley of the Guiel River .
history
Ordericus Vitalis (1075 to around 1142) reported the story of Montreuil-l'Argillé, that a knight named Heugon (or Helgon ) gave his daughter to the Breton aristocrat Giroie I as his wife. For the wedding, he gave the couple the town of Montreuil (today's Montreuil-l'Argillé). Heugon died shortly after the wedding and Giroie I traveled with Guillaume I de Bellême to Rouen to see Duke Richard II (966-1027) to have the donation confirmed there. The duke confirmed the donation and Giroie became his vassal . As Seigneur of Montreuil , Giroie had a church built there that was dedicated to Saint George . The fiefdom of Montreuil included lands belonging to the former Saint-Évroult abbey , which was founded by Évroult d'Ouche in the 7th century and destroyed by Vikings in the 10th century . Today these lands belong to the municipality of Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois . Around 1050, the Seigneur von Montreuil had the abbey rebuilt and gave the corresponding lands to the abbey.
Around 1032 Gilbert de Brionne tried unsuccessfully to gain possession of Montreuil. The village was not affected at that time, the fighting took place outside. In 1138 Montreuil and the surrounding villages were attacked and set on fire. It is not known whether the Giroie (Géré) family's castle also burned. During the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) the village was mentioned several times in historical chronicles. In 1681 the castle was in ruins.
In the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), the population of Montreuil-l'Argillé only armed themselves in January 1871. Previously, like many other rural communities in the region, the community had not defended itself against the German invaders, who therefore plundered unhindered could.
Population development
- 1962: 736
- 1968: 755
- 1975: 773
- 1982: 726
- 1990: 706
- 1999: 740
- 2006: 783
- 2017: 823
Culture and sights
At the end of the village in the direction of Verneusses stands the menhir Pierre aux Bœufs ( German "Rinderstein" ) at Départementsstraße 35. The menhir is about three meters high
economy
In the municipality, there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Pont-l'Évêque cheese , Camembert (Camembert de Normandie) , Calvados and Pommeau (Pommeau de Normandie) as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry ( Volailles de Normandie) and cider (Cidre de Normandie and Cidre normand) .
Personalities
- Jean Boivin (1663–1726), French countist and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie française.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Michel and Thérèse Mesnil: Le Canton de Broglie . son histoire et son patrimoine. Les Éditions de la Bouteille à la Mer, Paris July 1998, p. 22-24 + 48 f . (French).
- ↑ Alex Gardin: La guerre de 1870–1871 à Bernay . Les Éditions Page de Garde, Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf 1997, ISBN 2-84340-037-6 , p. 60 (French, first edition: 1898, reprint).
- ^ Michel and Thérèse Mesnil: Le Canton de Broglie . son histoire et son patrimoine. Les Éditions de la Bouteille à la Mer, Paris July 1998, p. 57 (French).
- ↑ Le village de Montreuil-l'Argillé. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved July 7, 2012 (French).