Virandeville
| Virandeville | ||
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg | |
| Canton | Cherbourg-Octeville-3 | |
| Community association | Cotentine | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 34 ′ N , 1 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 31-95 m | |
| surface | 8.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 794 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 97 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50690 | |
| INSEE code | 50643 | |
| Website | www.virandeville.com | |
Virandeville is a French municipality with 794 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-3 .
geography
Virandeville is located on the Cotentin peninsula on the D650 , twelve kilometers southwest of Cherbourg-Octeville , ten kilometers southwest of the canton capital Équeurdreville-Hainneville and seven kilometers northeast of the coast of the English Channel near Siouville-Hague . Neighboring municipalities of Virandeville are Saint-Christophe-du-Foc in the south, Teurthéville-Hague in the northeast and Helleville in the west. The hamlets of Hameau les Contes and Baudretot also belong to Virandeville . The Divette flows west of the town center through the municipality.
history
According to François de Beaurepaire, the place name is of Gallic origin and arose from the word eganda , a synonym for "water". The addition -villa was added in the 10th century. According to Ernest Nègre, Virandeville was first mentioned as Virandevilla between 996 and 1008. He assumes that Wirandus was a form of a Germanic name related to Guirandus . Or is the first element the Germanic name Wirandus .
The Sainte-Croix priory was founded in Virandeville in 1197, it belonged first to the Benedictine abbey in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte and later to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles . During the French Revolution (1789–1799) the relics of Thomas Hélye (1180–1257), who was beatified in 1859, were kept in Virandeville.
Attractions
A 15th-century chapel that belonged to the Sainte-Croix priory is now used as a residential building.
Web links
- Virandeville on cartesfrance.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Virandeville on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved March 8, 2010
- ^ François de Beaurepaire: Les Noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche . A. et J. Picard, 1986, cf. in Google Books , in French.
- ↑ a b Virandeville on the website of the CC Douve et Divette ( Memento of the original of June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved March 8, 2010
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 2 . Librairie Droz, 1996, ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5 , pp. 952 ( in Google Books [accessed March 8, 2010]). (French).
- ↑ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms des communes de Normandie. Page 271.
- ↑ http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=5793&req=Virandeville&style=fiche Virandeville on quid.fr (French) Accessed on March 11, 2010, no longer available since March 25, 2010.
