Urville-Nacqueville
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local community | La Hague | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Some | |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 44 ′ W | |
Post Code | 50460 | |
Former INSEE code | 50611 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Website | http://www.urville-nacqueville.fr/ |
Urville-Nacgueville is a village and a former French commune with 2,172 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Manche department in the Normandy region . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Cherbourg and the Canton of La Hague .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the previous municipality of Urville-Nacqueville was merged with the other 18 municipalities of the former Communauté de communes de la Hague to form a Commune nouvelle called La Hague and has the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Beaumont-Hague.
geography
Urville-Nacgueville is located on the Cotentin peninsula in the La Hague countryside on the English Channel coast . Urville-Nacgueville was surrounded by the neighboring communities of Querqueville in the east, Sainte-Croix-Hague in the south, Branville-Hague in the southwest and Gréville-Hague in the west.
history
1964 the communities Urville and Nacqueville were merged to this.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 382 | 867 | 941 | 1,245 | 2,109 | 2,227 | 2,217 | 2,150 |
Attractions
- Nacqueville Castle from the 16th century, Monument historique
- Dur-Écu manor, Monument historique
- Urville-Nacqueville Church, new building from 1958, the original church building was blown up in 1944 during the Second World War
- Chapel of Nacqueville
- Saint Clair Chapel