Saint-Hilaire-Petitville
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville | ||
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local community | Carentan-les-Marais | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Some | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 14 ′ W | |
Post Code | 50500 | |
Former INSEE code | 50485 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Website | www.mairie-sainthilairepetitville.fr | |
Church of Saint-Hilaire-Petitville |
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Carentan-les-Marais with 1,357 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The inhabitants are also called Saint-Hilairien (s) .
Toponymy
Petitville means "small town".
history
On January 1, 2019, Saint-Hilaire-Petitville was incorporated into the Commune nouvelle Carentan-les-Marais. It has been the Commune déléguée ever since. After Carentan, the parish was the most heavily populated parish of the Communauté de communes de la Baie du Cotentin .
geography
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville is located on the Cotentin peninsula , in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Nature Park . Adjacent villages are:
- Saint-Côme-du-Mont
- Carentan
- Brévands
- Catz
- Saint-Pellerin
- Montmartin-en-Graignes
- Terre-et-Marais with Saint-Georges-de-Bohon
Transport links
The town is served by the Manéo No. 1 bus operated by the Manche department ( Saint-Lô- Carentan- Valognes - Cherbourg bus ).
The neighboring Carentan is served by the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg railway line.
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Hilaire.
- Saint-Hilaire Marshes.
- Regional nature reserve Marais de la Taute ("Marshes of the Taute")
The Marais de la Taute regional nature reserve was designated as a protected area in 2011. It is 147 hectares and protects wetland along the Taute. The reserve includes Graignes , Montmartin-en-Graignes , Saint-André-de-Bohon and Saint-Hilaire-Petitville. A nature trail was laid out along the Canal de Vire et Taute .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Manéo (French)