Saint-Sauveur-le-Viscount

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Saint-Sauveur-le-Viscount
Coat of arms of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (France)
Saint-Sauveur-le-Viscount
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Bricquebec
Community association Cotentine
Coordinates 49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W
height 2-91 m
surface 34.27 km 2
Residents 2,132 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50390
INSEE code 50551
Website www.ville-saint-sauveur-le-vicomte.fr

abbey

Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a French commune with 2,132 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cherbourg-Octeville and the Canton of Bricquebec .

Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte are Néhou in the north, Sainte-Colombe in the northeast, Rauville-la-Place in the east, Varenguebec in the southeast, Doville in the south, Catteville in the southwest, Besneville and Taillepied in the west and Saint-Jacques- de-Néhou in the northwest.

history

After the Allies landed in Normandy on D-Day , June 6, 1944, the city was long fought over. For example, Matthew B. Ridgway , later a senior US general, took part in D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division and then fought with his troops in and around Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte for 33 days.

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 2,104 2.135 2.168 2.214 2,257 2,204 2,063

Attractions

  • Castle (11th century, Monument historique )
  • Abbey (12th century, abbey church Monument historique)
  • Museum Barbey d'Aurevilly in the house where the writer Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was born (Monument historique)
  • Parish church (partly 12th century)
  • Church of Saint-Claude de Selsouëf with a statue of the Virgin Mary from the 15th century (Monument historique)
  • Les Fresnais Castle
  • Beaulieu Castle
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte Castle
  • Details of the Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte castle
  • Saint-Sauveur-le Vicomte (Château) 3.jpg
  • Saint-Sauveur-le Vicomte (Château) 2.jpg
  • Saint-Sauveur-le Vicomte (Château) 4.jpg

Parish partnership

Oberhausbergen has been a partner municipality of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in Alsace since September 2012 .

Personalities

literature

  • Charles Corlet: Saint-Sauveur-Le-Vicomte. Une page d'histoires de 1900 à 2000 . 2006, ISBN 2-84706-208-4
  • Auguste Lerosey: Histoire de l'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte , 1894
  • Léopold Delisle : Histoire du château et des sires de Saint-Sauveur-Le-Vicomte , 1867

Web link

Commons : Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files