Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye

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Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye
Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye (France)
Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye
local community Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean
region Normandy
Department Your
Arrondissement Bernay
Coordinates 49 ° 13 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  E
Post Code 27560
Former INSEE code 27551
Incorporation 1st January 2019
status Commune déléguée

Former Mairie of Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye

Saint-Jean-de-la- Léqueraye is a village and a former French municipality with 66 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Bernay and the Canton of Beuzeville .

With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Saint-Georges-du-Mesnil and Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are located in Saint-Georges-du-Mesnil .

geography

Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye is located in northern France in the Lieuvin countryside , 42 kilometers southeast of Le Havre , about 16 kilometers northwest of Bernay , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the Arrondissements, and 2.7 kilometers southwest of Saint-Georges-du -Vièvre , the capital of the canton at an average altitude of 143 meters above sea ​​level . Neighboring towns of Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye are La Poterie-Mathieu in the northwest, Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre in the northeast, Saint-Victor-d'Épine in the southeast and Saint-Georges-du-Mesnil in the south. The La Croix Blanche stream flows through the area.

In Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye, there is a risk of holes that are meters deep in the ground. The so-called Marnières are old marl pits that can open, for example, after heavy rain, when the debris is washed into the side passages. On average, there are around 15 underground cavities in the Eure department, especially marl pits and infiltration areas per square kilometer. In Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye there are a total of thirty underground cavities, two of which are marl pits and one cavity is of karst origin.

The village is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate  (C), fully humid  (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.

history

Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye was first mentioned in the 13th century under the names Laschereia and Lesquereia . In 1376 the village was named S. Jean de la Lesqueraie . At Saint Jean is John the Baptist . According to Walther von Wartburg , Laschereia arose from a dialect word that means 'swamp meadow'.

In the Ancien Régime there were three small fiefdoms in addition to the main fiefdom: Laudière, Le Bois Louvet and Beaupotier. Three other fiefdoms with headquarters in other localities had properties in Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye: La Graffionaire, Launay (in Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre) and La Fortière (in Épreville-en-Lieuvin ).

In 1793, Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye received the status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution (1789–1799) and in 1801 under the name Saint-Jean through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte, the right to local self-government .

In the first half of the 19th century, the parish church was destroyed. Since then the parish no longer has a parish church. An original church is said to have existed as early as the 11th century. The parish priest was elected by the Lisieux diocese .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1841 1872 1891 1931 1954 1962 1968 1982 1990 1999 2011
Residents 400 475 381 299 185 95 114 95 71 51 37 46 55

Culture and sights

17th century pigeon house

The fiefdom of Le Bois Louvet was first mentioned in 1190, i.e. before Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye. The pigeon house was built in the 17th century, the main building and the barn in the 18th century, and the bread oven in the 19th century.

The fief of L'Audière was first mentioned in a document in 1698. Residential and agricultural buildings date from the 17th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2009, 26.9 percent of the workforce were employed in the former municipality, the others were commuters . 3.7 percent of the employees were unemployed .

The nearest stop is Glos-Monfort train station in Glos-sur-Risle, 10.3 kilometers away . The nearest airport is Deauville Airport in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, 33.6 kilometers away .

Local products

The town has controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Pont-l'Évêque cheese , Calvados and Pommeau de Normandie, as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider (Cidre de Normandie and cider normand) .

Ice cream is produced on the former feudal farm Le Bois Louvet . In addition to the normal flavors, there are also regional specialties, such as calvadoseis or Pont-l'Évêque ice cream.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 27-2018-09-25-003 on the creation of the Commune nouvelle Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean on September 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ La Croix Blanche at SANDRE (French)
  3. ↑ Cavite souterraines. In: bdcavite.net. Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie, accessed on August 26, 2013 (French).
  4. ^ A b c Auguste Le Prevost : Mémoires et notes de M. Auguste Le Prevost pour servir à l'histoire du département de l'Eure . Ed .: Léopold Delisle, Louis Paulin Passy. tape 3 . Auguste Herissey, Évreux 1869, p. 131 (French, online ).
  5. ^ Ernest Nègre : Toponymie générale de la France . tape 3 . Librairie Droz, 1998, ISBN 2-600-02884-6 , pp. 1550 (French, limited preview in Google Book search). Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape
     1 . Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 2-600-02883-8 , pp. 96 (French, limited preview in Google Book search). Négre quotes Walther von Wartburg: French Etymological Dictionary . tape
     5 , p. 372b .
  6. ↑ a b Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved August 27, 2013 (French).
  7. ↑ Entry No. 27551 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  8. ↑ Commune de Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye (27551). In: Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on August 26, 2013 (French).
  9. ↑ Gaec du Bois-Louvet. In: glaceduboislouvet.com. Retrieved October 30, 2013 (French).