Tollevast
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Cherbourg-Octeville-3 | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ W | |
| height | 68-176 m | |
| surface | 12.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,523 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 123 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50470 | |
| INSEE code | 50599 | |
| Website | www.tollevast.fr | |
 Saint Martin Church |
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Tollevast is a French commune in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The inhabitants call themselves Tollevastais .
Toponymy
Tollevast is derived from the Scandinavian name Tolir . For the ending -vast , see Le Vast .
geography
Tollevast is located on the Cotentin peninsula , near Cherbourg . Adjacent municipalities are:
The Douve rises in Tollevast.
Transport links
Tollevast is served by the Manéo No. 1 bus line operated by the Manche department ( Saint-Lô - Carentan - Valognes - Cherbourg bus line ). The municipal area is crossed by the national road N13 .
economy
From the substation of Tollevast is La Hague site power.
Attractions
- Listed Church of Saint Martin.
It is a Romanesque church from the 11th and 12th centuries. Henri de Tollevast, who attracted attention at the Battle of Hastings , had the church built thanks to an important property in the Isle of Wight . In 1217 she was a descendant of Henri de Tollevast of the Notre-Dame du Vœu Abbey in Cherbourg. The church houses sculptures from the 15th century: (Sainte Anne et la Vierge) Sainte-Anne and the Virgin and (Saint Christophe portant l'Enfant Jésus) Jesus carrying Saint-Christophe, which have been added to the list of historical monuments. The refinement of the 110 ornate corbels is remarkable. Most of them depict animal heads.
Individual evidence
- Altitudes : répertoire geographique des communes (site de l'IGN) .
- Coordonnées, superficie : Tollevast sur le site de l'Institut geographique national (archive Wikiwix).
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 255. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
- ↑ Tollevast website Wikimanche (French).
- ↑ Map of Manéo (French)
- ↑ Réseau de transport d'électricité ( Memento des Originals of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. RTE see page 65 (in French).
- ↑ entry no. PA00110619 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ www.art-roman.net Saint-Martin Church (in French).
- ↑ L'église romane de Tollevast , brochure de cette église (visité en août 2011)
- ↑ oeuvre mobilières à Tollevast in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
