Picauville (Picauville)

Picauville (Picauville)
local community	Picauville
region	Normandy
Department	Some
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Coordinates	49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W
Post Code	50360
Former INSEE code	50400
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée

Picauville is a village and a former French commune with 1,910 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Manche department in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Cherbourg and the Canton of Carentan .

With effect from January 1, 2016, the former parishes of Picauville , Amfreville , Cretteville , Gourbesville , Houtteville and Vindefontaine were merged to form Commune nouvelle Picauville of the same name . The administrative seat is in Picauville. On January 1, 2017, the formerly independent municipality of Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois was added. All former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .

geography

Picauville is on the Cotentin Peninsula . The area around Picauville is used for agriculture.

Toponymy

Picauville is derived from the French ending -ville and from the name Picaud . Most likely the name Picaud is of Germanic origin (the Germanic name would be Picheldis )

Attractions

Bon sauveur chapel in the village of Pont-l'Abbé, which is divided between Étienville and Picauville.

Web links

Commons : Picauville  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arrêté No. 2015-93 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Picauville of December 23, 2015
2. ^ Decree of the Prefecture on the reshuffle of the Commune nouvelle Picauville of July 4, 2016 .
3. ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 197. ISBN 2-905461-80-2