Saint-Jacques-de-Nehou

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Saint-Jacques-de-Nehou
Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou (France)
Saint-Jacques-de-Nehou
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Bricquebec
Community association Cotentine
Coordinates 49 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  W
height 7-100 m
surface 21.49 km 2
Residents 608 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50390
INSEE code 50486

Saint-Marcouf Church

Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in France .

geography

Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou is located on the Cotentin peninsula .

Adjacent municipalities are:

history

In 1899, Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou was created by splitting off from Néhou for political reasons. There was then Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou and Saint-Georges de Néhou. In 1903, Saint-Georges-de-Néhou took back its old name, Néhou.

The town hall.

Renewable energy

The Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou wind farm contains five Enercon E70-E4 wind turbines .

The wind farm was developed and built by OSTWIND international .

Attractions

Notre-Dame de Montront.
  • Gonneville manor from the 16th century included in the List of Historic Monuments.
  • The Saint-Marcouf church (from the 19th century) houses a Virgin and Child (vierge à l'enfant) from the 14th century, listed as an item on the list of historical objects.

Personalities

Alphonse Hamel (1911–1977) was the last potter ("potier à feu") from the Cotentin . His wife Marthe helped him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiche du parc sur le site The Windpower
  2. ↑ Fiche du parc sur le site du développeur OSTWIND
  3. ↑ Manoir de Gonneville in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ^ Jean-François Hamel: Dictionnaire des personnages remarquables de la Manche. tome 2, sous la direction de René Gautier, ISBN 2-914541-14-7 .