Saint-Hilaire-Petitville

Saint-Hilaire-Petitville
local community	Carentan-les-Marais
region	Normandy
Department	Some
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Coordinates	49 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 14 ′ W 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:

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

Commons : Saint-Hilaire-Petitville - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Map of Manéo (French)

[1] Map of Manéo (French)