Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres Saint Benoist des Ombres |
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Your | |
Arrondissement | Bernay | |
Canton | Beuzeville | |
Community association | Lieuvin Pays d'Auge | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 14 ' N , 0 ° 37' E | |
height | 85-145 m | |
surface | 3.63 km 2 | |
Residents | 143 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 27450 | |
INSEE code | 27520 | |
![]() Mairie Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres |
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres is a commune of 143 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . The Saint-Benoît church is a pilgrimage site of Saints Benedict of Nursia and Lawrence of Rome .
geography
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres is located in northern France in the Lieuvin countryside , 45 kilometers southeast of Le Havre , 16.3 kilometers northeast of Bernay , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement , and 3.9 kilometers northeast of Saint-Georges-du- Vièvre , the capital of the canton at an average altitude of 115 meters above sea level . The Mairie stands at a height of 126 meters. Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres are Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre in the northwest, Saint-Grégoire-du-Vièvre in the north, Freneuse-sur-Risle in the northeast, Livet-sur-Authou in the east, Neuville-sur- Authou in the southeast and Saint-Victor-d'Épine in the southwest. The municipality has an area of 363 hectares. The stream La Croix Blanche ('the white cross') flows in the north of the municipality through a deep gorge and becomes white water when it rains heavily .
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres is one of the municipalities in the Eure department where there is a risk of holes being suddenly formed meters deep. The so-called Marnières are old marl pits that can open, for example, after heavy rain, when the debris is washed into the side passages. On average, there are around 15 underground cavities in the Eure department, especially Marnières and infiltration areas per square kilometer. In Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres there are eleven former marl pits, three karst cavities and four underground cavities of unknown origin.
The municipality is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
The ancient route from Beuzeville to Brionne ran through the southern part of today's municipal area. In the 19th century, La Pilvedière Tegulæ were found in the Lieu-dit .
year | Residents |
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1793 | 309 |
1841 | 246 |
1846 | 307 |
1866 | 228 |
1901 | 118 |
1936 | 74 |
1946 | 58 |
1962 | 102 |
1999 | 105 |
2010 | 122 |
2017 | 143 |
The first stone building was erected on August 31, 1100, according to the tourist office. However, the lands of Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres had belonged to the Saint-Pierre monastery in Les Préaux since 1070 . It was not until the 13th century that the addition of the Ombres (literally 'from the shadows') appeared. Benedict of Nursia, the patron saint of the church and the place, was born in the Italian region of Umbria , called Ombrie in French .
In 1793, Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres received the status of a municipality in the wake of the French Revolution (1789-1799) and in 1801 the right to local self-government through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte .
The place name part Saint-Benoît was written with or without an S over the years. In the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1814) without S, under Napoleon III. (1848–1870) with S, in the Third French Republic (1871–1940) with S and today without S.
During the Second World War (1939-1945) a farm in the forest in Lieu-dit La Pilvedière in the north-west of the municipality of Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres served as a command post for the Maquis Surcouf resistance movement . On June 8, 1944, however, the Maquis had to give up the farm because the Wehrmacht first fired mortars at La Pilvedière and then occupied it. On August 24, 1944, the community was liberated by the British 7th Armored Division .
Culture and sights
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres belongs to the Roman Catholic community Communauté de Saint Georges du Vièvre , which is part of the Montgeoly parish of the Diocese of Évreux . The oldest surviving components of the Saint-Benoît church are the choir and the north wall of the nave from the 12th century. The south wall and entrance area were renewed in the 16th century. The sacristy was renewed in the 19th century. The church tower was damaged by fire in 1979 and restored shortly afterwards. The building was entered in the supplementary directory of Monuments historiques in 1974 . The church, porch and cemetery window are classified as site classé (natural monuments).
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On the left in the main altar of the church is a statue of Saint Benedict from the 17th century. On March 21st every year, believers make a pilgrimage to this statue, to which ribbons are still tied or notes and photographs are deposited, in order to plead for the protection of Benedict against malevolent people. During the mass on March 21, the faithful receive consecrated yew branches that are supposed to protect the house or stable. The Mass for Lawrence of Rome takes place on August 10th. He is called to heal skin diseases. All year round, believers leave little notes under the head of a high relief from the 15th century, which depicts the saint lying in the oven on the flames. The high relief was classified as a historical monument in 1927. Other listed works of art are a sculpture of the Madonna and Child and the baptismal font , both of which were made in the 16th century. The wooden statue of Saint Benedict in the porch is 1.6 meters high and was made in the 17th century.
In Lieu-dit La Petite-Boissière there is a manor house from the 17th century that was restored in the 20th century. It is privately owned.
The Mairie is one of the smallest in France and was built in 1905.
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2009, 8.2 percent of the workforce were employed in the municipality, the rest were commuters . 9.3 percent of the employees were unemployed .
The students from Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres attend primary school in Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre and secondary schools in Montfort-sur-Risle or Pont-Audemer . The nearest stop is in Glos-sur-Risle and is 5.9 kilometers away. The nearest airport is Deauville Airport in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, 37.8 kilometers away .
In the municipality, there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Pont-l'Évêque cheese , calvados and pommeau (Pommeau de Normandie) as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider ( Cider de Normandie and Cider normand) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bernard Verwaerde: A quels saints se vouer? ... dans l'Eure . les saints protecteurs et guérisseurs. Editions Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-191-7 , p. 55 f., 84 f .
- ↑ Fiche cours d'eau. Ruisseau de la Croix Blanche (H6210600). In: Service d'Administration Nationale des Données et des Référentiels sur l'Eau (Sandre). Office international de l'eau (OIEau), accessed on April 11, 2013 (French).
- ↑ a b La commune de Saint Benoist des Ombres. (No longer available online.) In: ccvl.net. Communauté de communes du Vièvre-Lieuvin, archived from the original on May 3, 2013 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b List of the Communes. (No longer available online.) In: eure.pref.gouv.fr. Préfecture Eure, archived from the original on April 27, 2013 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Le village de Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved April 11, 2013 (French).
- ^ Dominique Cliquet: L'Eure . 27. In: Michel Provost, Academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Ministere de la culture (ed.): Carte Archéologique de la Gaule . Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-87754-018-9 , chap. 611 , p. 242 .
- ↑ a b Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved April 13, 2013 (French).
- ↑ a b Entry No. 27520 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ a b c Saint-Benoist des Ombres où la construction du premier édifice en pierre dure est estimée au 31 août 1100. (No longer available online.) In: tourisme-vievre-lieuvin.fr. Office de Tourisme Vièvre Lieuvin, archived from the original on June 29, 2013 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Raymond Ruffin: Le Maquis Surcouf en Normandie . 2nd Edition. Éditions Bertout, Luneray 1999, ISBN 2-86743-366-5 , pp. 106, 110 f., 125-129, 132 .
- ^ Raymond Ruffin: Le Prix de la Liberté . Juin - août 44th Presses de la Cité, 1995, ISBN 2-258-03893-6 , p. 266 .
- ↑ Montgeoly. (No longer available online.) Diocèse d'Évreux, archived from the original on September 22, 2015 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry No. 27520 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Commune: Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres (27520). Theme: Tous les thèmes. In: Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on April 12, 2013 (French).