Saint-Côme-du-Mont
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| local community | Carentan-les-Marais | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 16 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50500 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50458 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien church |
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Saint-Côme-du-Mont is a village and a commune Déléguée in the French community Carentan-les-Marais with 503 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Manche department in the region of Normandy .
geography
Saint-Côme-du-Mont is located in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Nature Park , 3 kilometers north of Carentan , 11.2 kilometers southwest of Utah Beach and 28 kilometers northwest of Saint-Lô on the N13 and D913 . The Douve , the Sèves and the Jourdan flow through the area.
history
On the morning of June 8, 1944, during World War II , the 506th Paratrooper Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division tried to cut off the retreat of the German columns and attacked Saint-Côme-du-Mont. A German paratrooper regiment put up bitter resistance. The German troops blew up the bridges that led across the Douve and left the place. In the afternoon around 4 o'clock the American troops were able to take the place.
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Angoville-au-Plain , Carentan , Houesville and Saint-Côme-du-Mont were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Carentan-les-Marais. The municipality of Saint-Côme-du-Mont belonged to the Arrondissement of Saint-Lô and the canton of Carentan .
Attractions
The so-called Dead Man's Corner Museum is a reminder of the heavy fighting at the crossroads in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, where many soldiers died, and shows authentic paratrooper equipment.
The Manoir de Rampan is a 16th century mansion . The stables date from the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1995 the house was partially registered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques (historical monuments).
The Romanesque church of Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien was restored after 1944 and, together with the cemetery surrounding it, has been classified as a monument historique since 1946. There are three objects in the church that have been classified as a monument historique: a chalice veil from the 18th century, a bas-relief from the 12th century depicting a fox and a stork, and an octagonal baptismal font that also refers to the Dated 12th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Saint-Côme-du-Mont on Normandie44lamemoire.com ( Memento of the original of September 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) Retrieved November 18, 2009
- ↑ Dead Man's Corner Museum ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (French) Retrieved November 18, 2009
- ^ Saint-Côme-du-Mont in the Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved November 18, 2009
- ↑ Saint-Côme-du-Mont in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved November 18, 2009
