Querqueville
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| local community | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50460 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50416 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | www.ville-querqueville.fr | |
Querqueville is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with 5,046 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . Querqueville is historically the westernmost point of the Cherbourg-en-Cotentin fortress belt.
The small chapel of St. Germanus ( Chapelle Saint-Germain ) is dominated by a tower from the 17th century. With its cloverleaf-shaped floor plan, the church is one of the early Romanesque- Christian evidence on the Cotentin peninsula .
On January 1, 2016, the municipality of Querqueville merged with Cherbourg-Octeville , Équeurdreville-Hainneville , La Glacerie and Tourlaville to form the new municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
Querqueville is the partner municipality of Allmendingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Toponymy
Querqueville is derived from the French ending -ville and from the Scandinavian kirkja (cf. German church).
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 204. ISBN 2-905461-80-2