Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard (Manche)
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Les Pieux | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 29 ′ N , 1 ° 47 ′ W | |
| height | 14-127 m | |
| surface | 13.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 748 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50340 | |
| INSEE code | 50480 | |
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Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard is a commune in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy .
Toponymy
Gaillard refers to the family name Gaillard, or means that the village is influential.
geography
The municipality is located on the Cotentin peninsula . Adjacent municipalities are:
geology
Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard is located in the Armorican massif . There are Ignimbrite from the end of Proterozoikum or early Paleozoic (d. H. Cambrian ) encountered.
Attractions
- Saint Germain Church
- Manor of Le But (manoir du But)
The manor house dates back to the 14th century. But today's buildings were built after the 16th century. It was built on the slope of a hill, along the le But stream , and forms 3/4 of a circle. The manor house and the mill were added to the list of historical monuments in 1983.
- Bunehou Manor
- Bunehou Mill
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste Jumelin: Born in Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard in 1745. He was initially a physics and chemistry teacher at the lycée impérial (today lycée Louis-le-Grand) in Paris . Then he was Doctor Régent de la Faculté de Paris . He was also an inventor (pneumatic machine, fire pump, microscope, ...). In 1806 he published a Traité élémentaire de physique et de chimie . In 1807 he died in Soissons .
- Louise Catherine Jumelin: born on August 27, 1770 in Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard. On July 13, 1790, she married Marin Nicolas Millet. The couple had many children, including Jean-Louis Millet, father of Jean-François Millet . Louise Jumelin took care of the upbringing of her grandson, who was to become a good Christian. In 1871, JF Millet painted the Manoir du But, which is next to his grandmother's house. Louise Jumelin was the niece of Jean-Baptiste Jumelin.
Individual evidence
- Altitudes : repertoire geographique des communes.
- Coordonnées, superficie : IGN.
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 224. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ↑ Guide geologique Normandie Maine. Editions DUNOD. 2nd Edition. Pages 91 and 92. ISBN 2-10-050695-1
- ^ Jean-François Moyen: Les grands traits de l'histoire géologique de la France (métropolitaine). Version 3.1, 2005 (French). See page 14.
- ↑ Site de l'IGN ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard sur le site de l'Institut geographique national . (archive Wikiwix)
- Revue Vikland n o 1 (automne 1975 Le Cap de Flamanville) et n o 28 (automne 1983 Flamanville et le Canton the Pieux).
- "Dictionnaire des personnages remarquables de la Manche", tome 1, de Jean-François Hamel, éditions Eurocibles.
- "Le canton des Pieux, 2000 ans de vie", de André Hamel.
- "Canton des Pieux, 25 années d'histoire 1789-1815", de André Hamel.
- "Jean-François Millet chez lui", de Piere Leberruyer, avec notes généalogiques de Remy Villand.
- "120 châteaux et manoirs en Cotentin", de Jean Barbaroux, éditions Heimdal.
- "Canton des Pieux, ainsi va la vie", de Michel Giard.
- "L'art de la fin du Moyen Âge dans les diocèses de Coutances et d'Avranches", ouvrage collectif des éditions Les cahiers culturels de la Manche.
- Revue Le Viquet , no 139 de Pâques 2003, article on les moulins du Cotentin.
- Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard on the Insee site