Tessy-Bocage
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Some | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
Canton | Condé-sur-Vire | |
Community association | Saint-Lô Agglo | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 0 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W | |
height | 31-253 m | |
surface | 34.24 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,357 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 69 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 50420 | |
INSEE code | 50592 | |
Website | http://www.tessybocage.fr/ |
Tessy-Bocage (2016-2017 notation: Tessy Bocage ) is a French municipality with 2357 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Lô and the canton of Condé-sur-Vire .
Tessy-Bocage was formed on January 1, 2016 as Commune nouvelle from the previous municipalities of Fervaches and Tessy-sur-Vire . On January 1, 2018, Pont-Farcy was also incorporated from the Calvados department . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Tessy-sur-Vire.
structure
District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2017) |
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Pont-Farcy (since January 1, 2018) | 14513 | 13.45 | 532 |
Fervaches | 50180 | 4.89 | 395 |
Tessy-sur-Vire (administrative headquarters) | 50592 | 15.90 | 1,430 |
geography
Tessy-Bocage is located about 15 kilometers south of the city center of Saint-Lô am Vire . Tessy-Bocage is surrounded by the neighboring communities Condé-sur-Vire in the north, Domjean in the east and north-east, Fourneaux and Beuvrigny in the east, Torigny-les-Villes in the east and south-east, Souleuvre en Bocage and Pont-Bellanger in the south-east, Sainte- Marie-Outre-l'Eau , Saint-Vigor-des-Monts and Gouvets in the south, Montabot in the south-west, Beaucoudray in the west and Moyon Villages in the west and north-west. The A84 car route runs through the municipality .
Attractions
Fervaches
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church from the 19th century, Monument historique
- Grotto on the Vire
Tessy-sur-Vire
- Saint-Pierre church from the 15th century, remodeled in the 19th century
- La Millerie Castle with park
Pont-Farcy
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 17th century
- Saint-Aubin church in Pleines-uvres
Personalities
- Guillaume Mauviel (1759–1814), priest and bishop of Aux Cayes (Haiti)
- Jean Lepage (1779–1822), gunsmith, developed the carbine rifle further
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the British parishes Lydiard Tregoze and Lydiard Millicent in Wiltshire (England).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arrêté No. 2015-34 NB on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Tessy Bocage of September 28, 2015 .
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture of Arrêté No. 17-066-VL on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Tessy-Bocage of December 28, 2017 .
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )