Varenguebec
| Varenguebec | ||
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Coutances | |
| Canton | Créances | |
| Community association | Côte Ouest Center Manche | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 2-131 m | |
| surface | 21.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 323 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50250 | |
| INSEE code | 50617 | |
Varenguebec is a French municipality with 323 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Coutances and the canton of La Haye-du-Puits .
Toponymy
Varenguebec means in Scandinavian meandering river . Namely vrang- most likely means across and -bekkr means Bach, and is related to the German word.
Population development
- 1962: 396
- 1968: 414
- 1975: 358
- 1982: 324
- 1990: 280
- 1999: 292
- 2013: 325
Personalities
- Raoul de Gacé († 1051)
- François I. d'Orléans-Longueville (1447–1491), Count of Dunois ,
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 263. ISBN 2-905461-80-2