Sortosville-en-Beaumont
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Les Pieux | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 26 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W | |
| height | 18-144 m | |
| surface | 10.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 313 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50270 | |
| INSEE code | 50577 | |
 Saint-Georges Church of Sortosville-en-Beaumont |
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Sortosville-en-Beaumont is a commune , in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy is. The inhabitants call themselves Sortosvillais .
geography
The municipality is located on the Cotentin peninsula , between Barneville-Carteret and Bricquebec . Their main town is called Hameau Costard . Neighboring municipalities are Le Vrétot in the north, Les Perques in the northeast, Le Valdécie in the east, Saint-Pierre-d'Arthéglise in the southeast, Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin and La Haye-d'Ectot in the south, and Les Moitiers-d 'Allonne and Sénoville to the west.
Toponymy
Sortosville is derived from the Scandinavian patronymic Svarthofdi , followed by the French ending -ville . Beaumont is a nod to the former Beaumont sergeant . Svarthofdi would mean Schwarzkopf (cf. German Schwarz and German Haupt).
history
The "Knickebein" radio control system of the Air Force, which was set up during the Second World War , was located at Sortosville-en-Beaumont . Today you can visit this historic site, which played an important role in the course of the war. It was added to the supplementary list of historical monuments in 1990.
Attractions
- Saint-Georges church from the 14th century
- Remains of the German radar station from World War II
- The wind farm, which consists of 5 wind turbines, has been supplying electricity since July 1, 2004. The farm is connected to the electricity grid. The feed-in system is 12.5 km away.
In addition, the municipalities of Sortosville-en Beaumont and Saint-Pierre-d'Arthéglise are working on the creation of an educational trail to discover the typical flora of the Cotentin Bocage . The path will run along the wind farm. So that the area looks like it used to be, the fields have been returned to their old state and the farmers can continue to graze as they did before the wind turbines were installed.
Sortosville-en-Beaumont in the film
- 2007: Deux jours à tuer by Jean Becker
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . P. 248.
- ^ Sortosville-en-Beaumont wind farm (French).