Omonville-la-Rogue
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| local community | La Hague | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50440 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50386 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.omonvillelarogue.fr/ | |
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Omonville-la-Rogue is a village and a former French commune with 492 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Manche department in the Normandy region . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Cherbourg and the Canton of La Hague .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the previous municipality of Omonville-la-Rogue was merged with the other 18 municipalities of the former Communauté de communes de la Hague to form a commune nouvelle called La Hague and has the status of a commune in the new municipality déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Beaumont-Hague.
geography
Omonville-la-Rogue is on the Cotentin Peninsula in the La Hague countryside . The coast stretches between the Baie de Quervière and the Pointe Jardeheu . Adjacent parishes were Digulleville , Éculleville and Beaumont-Hague .
Toponymy
Omonville is derived from the French ending -ville and from the Scandinavian name Asmundr or Osmundr . -la-rogue refers to the rogue family .
history
In 1664 a study commission that wanted to create a naval port praised the location of Omonville; this commission had already given up Cherbourg . Vauban later also praised Omonville as the ideal location for a port facility, but placed Cherbourg in the foreground. See Cherbourg roadstead .
The criminal case concerning the car mechanic Lucien Jeanne was decided by the jury of the department of Manche from 19 to 30 June 1936 in Coutances .
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste Gothic church (from the second half of the 13th century) renovated in the 18th century. On June 9, 1971, it was added to the list of historical monuments.
- Belle-Garde manor-farm , next to the church
- Port of the Hâble
- La Cotentine farm
- Granite, which is very popular in La Hague , is extracted from the Omonville quarry .
- Tourp farm; now it is operated by the Communauté de communes de la Hague for tourism purposes.
Omonville-la-Rogue in Art
- In 1978 Tess was shot by Roman Polanski in Omonville (Heiden von Omonville and Manor vom Tourp).
- 1983 Un bon petit Diable was partly filmed there.
- In 2005, Florence Moncorgé-Gabin shot a few scenes from Le Passager de l'été there .
Personalities
- Omonville is the cradle of corsair families, including the Clément and Delamer families
- Jean-François de Cahouet (1782–1836), military, prefect and politician
- Jacques Simon (1941–2017), football player
Web links
- Omonville-la-Rogue on the Town Council website
- Official web presentation of the municipality
- Ferme du Tourp
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arr. 2016-37 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle La Hague of September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 192. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ↑ de Restaing, "Projet de création d'une rade dans l'anse Saint-Martin-Hague" Memoires de la Société nationale de Cherbourg académique , vol. VIII, 1861
- ^ Jean-François Miniac, Les Nouvelles Affaires criminelles de la Manche , de Borée, Paris, 2012.