Saint-Maclou
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Your | |
| Arrondissement | Bernay | |
| Canton | Beuzeville | |
| Community association | Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 32-127 m | |
| surface | 5.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 627 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 113 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 27210 | |
| INSEE code | 27561 | |
Saint-Maclou is a commune with 627 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . It is said to have been founded around the year 600 by Saint Maclou (also called Malo). Maclou is also said to have founded Saint-Malo and is considered one of the seven holy founders of Brittany .
geography
Saint-Maclou is located in northern France in the north of the Lieuvin countryside , 24 kilometers southeast of Le Havre , about 35 kilometers northwest of Bernay , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement , and 5.3 kilometers northeast of Beuzeville , the capital of the canton at a medium altitude from 80 meters above sea level . The Mairie stands at a height of 115 meters. Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Maclou are Boulleville in the west, Saint-Sulpice-de-Grimbouville in the northeast, Triqueville in the southeast, Fort-Moville in the south and Le Torpt in the southwest. The municipality has an area of 556 hectares. The Godeliers brook runs along the southern border of the municipality .
Saint-Maclou is one of the communes in the Eure department where there is a risk of holes being meters deep. 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 Marnières and infiltration areas per square kilometer. In Saint-Maclou there are eight former marl pits, two karst cavities and over twenty underground cavities of unknown origin.
The municipality 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
| year | Residents |
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| 1793 | 498 |
| 1800 | 332 |
| 1806 | 506 |
| 1841 | 607 |
| 1846 | 701 |
| 1851 | 666 |
| 1886 | 511 |
| 1901 | 457 |
| 1954 | 313 |
| 1975 | 295 |
| 1999 | 463 |
| 2009 | 563 |
| 2017 | 627 |
In the municipal area a from were flint made arrowhead from the New Stone Age (about 5500 v. Chr. To 2200 v. Chr.) As well as the blade of a long dagger or short sword from the early bronze age (about 2200 v. Chr. To 1600 v. Chr .) found. The blade, found in 1886 while the railway was being built, is reminiscent of weapons that were found in Breton barrows from the Neolithic Age. It was part of the Léon Coutil collection and is in the Museum of Évreux .
The fiefdom of Saint-Maclou was first mentioned in the 12th century. The fiefdom of Le Mont was first mentioned in a document in the 16th century.
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Saint-Maclou was given the status of a municipality and in 1801, through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), the right to local self-government .
During the Second World War (1939-1945) the nave of the Saint-Maclou church was damaged.
Culture and sights
Saint-Maclou Church
Saint-Maclou is part of the Roman Catholic community of Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus , which belongs to the parish of Estuaire Pays d'Auge of the Diocese of Evreux . The cemetery was originally at the church. It was later relocated, while the cemetery cross remained by the church. It dates from the 12th or 13th century and was entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques ('historical monuments') in 1953 . The oldest component of the Saint-Maclou church is the steeple, which dates from the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century and was also entered in the supplementary list of historical monuments in 1953. The church was restored in the 18th century and after 1944. There is a 17th century statue of Saint Maclou in the church. The rest of the furniture was renewed after the French Revolution . The nave, which was badly damaged in the Second World War, was rebuilt.
Former cotton mill
The Godeliers brook served after 1833 in Lieu-dit ('place that is named ..') La Fosse as a hydraulic drive for a cotton mill . In 1886 the plant ceased operations. The main building is now called Château de la Fosse ('Castle La Fosse'). By 1882 the site even had a private school. The school building was later used as a chapel and is now abandoned.
Castles
There are three castles in the village, the 17th century Saint-Maclou-la-Campagne castle, the 17th century Le Mont castle and the 19th century Le Mont-Gouje castle.
Saint-Maclou-la-Campagne castle
The Saint-Maclou-la-Campagne castle was built for Marc-Aurèle de Giverville from 1660 . It is privately owned and is now used for tourism . The pigeon house and the press house were built in the 17th century, the latter was not completed until the 18th century. The main building was rebuilt on behalf of Toussaint de Giverville in the 18th century. Towards the end of the first quarter of the 19th century, a horse stable and other farm buildings were built. From 1879 to 1881 a new chapel was built and the north and south wings were added to the main building. The roofs, the facade, the courtyard , the moat and the park of the palace were entered in the supplementary list of historical monuments in 1977.
Le Mont Castle
The main building of the castle was built in the 17th century and enlarged in the 18th century. The park with a fountain was created in the 18th or 19th century. The castle is privately owned and is used for tourism today.
Le Mont-Gouje Castle
Le Mont-Gouje (also Gouge ) castle was built around 1845, replacing the original mansion of a fiefdom that belonged to the Le Bas family in the 17th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2009, 17.1 percent of the workforce were employed in the municipality, the rest were commuters . 5.3 percent of the employees were unemployed .
There is a kindergarten, elementary school and bakery in the community. The nearest train station is in Pont-l'Évêque, 18.5 kilometers away . The nearest airport is Deauville Airport in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, 19 kilometers away .
In the municipality there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Calvados , Pommeau de Normandie , Pont-l'Évêque (cheese) and Camembert de Normandie as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for pork ( Porc de Normandie ) , poultry ( Volailles de Normandie ) and Cider ( Cidre de Normandie and Cidre normand ) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b List of the Communes. (No longer available online.) In: eure.pref.gouv.fr. Préfecture Eure, archived from the original on April 27, 2013 ; Retrieved March 29, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Godeliers at SANDRE (French)
- ^ A b Le village de Saint-Maclou. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved March 29, 2013 (French).
- ↑ a b Saint-Maclou - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved April 1, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Bernard Bodinier (ed.): L'Eure de la Préhistoire à nos jours . Jean-Michel Bordessoules, Saint-Jean-d'Angély 2001, ISBN 2-913471-28-5 , pp. 32 + 40 f . (French).
- ↑ Séance du May 2, 1957 . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France . tape 54 , no. 3-4 , 1957, pp. 143 f . (French, online ).
- ↑ Information scientifiques et notes brèves . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France . tape 55 , no. 1-2 , 1958, pp. 20 , doi : 10.3406 / e.g. 1958.3630 (French).
- ↑ a b c Entry No. 27561 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Estuaire Pays d'Auge. (No longer available online.) Diocèse d'Évreux, archived from the original on March 20, 2015 ; Retrieved April 3, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry No. 27561 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ History of the Château de Saint-Maclou-la-Campagne. (No longer available online.) In: chateaudesaintmaclou.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013 ; accessed on April 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Yves Montron: A La Decouverte De L'Eure . Editions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau 1997, ISBN 2-85480-616-6 , pp. 51 (French).
- ^ Chateau du Mont, St Maclou-la-Campagne, Nr Honfleur, Normandy, France. (No longer available online.) In: thebigdomain.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015 ; accessed on April 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Commune: Saint-Maclou (27561). Theme: Tous les thèmes. In: Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on April 1, 2013 (French).
