Roucamps

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Roucamps
Roucamps (France)
Roucamps
local community Les Monts d'Aunay
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Coordinates 48 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W
Post Code 14260
Former INSEE code 14544
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

Saint Laurent Church

Roucamps ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a former French commune with the last 235 inhabitants (as of January 1 2014), the Roucampois , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . Audio file / audio sample

On January 1, 2017, Roucamps was incorporated into the new municipality of Les Monts d'Aunay as part of a regional reform together with six neighboring municipalities .

geography

Roucamps is located around 32 km southwest of Caen . The in Manche department located in Saint-Lô is about 40 km away.

Population development

year 1793 1836 1876 1926 1946 1968 1990 2014
Residents 440 426 333 208 197 174 178 235
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Célerin path chapel
  • Saint-Laurent church from the 16th-18th centuries Century; a tombstone on the church grounds dated to 1525 has been classified as a monument historique since 1911
  • Saint-Célerin path chapel from the 19th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 71-72.

Web links

Commons : Roucamps  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
  2. ^ Roucamps - Cassini
  3. Gravestone in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)