Bricquebec

Bricquebec

Château de Bricquebec

Coat of arms
Bricquebec

Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 1°38′00″W / 49.4667°N 1.6333°W / 49.4667; -1.6333Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 1°38′00″W / 49.4667°N 1.6333°W / 49.4667; -1.6333
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Bricquebec
Intercommunality Cœur du Cotentin
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Henri-Louis Védie (PR)
Area1 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 4,252
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50082 / 50260
Elevation 7–161 m (23–528 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bricquebec is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin.[1]

History

As revealed by the etymology of its name, the origin of Bricquebec (from the Scandinavian bekkr, a course of water; in turn from brekka, slope) is connected to the Viking colonisation of the Cotentin Peninsula at the beginning of the 10th century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château to the Norman, Anslech. The dukes of Normandy made Bricquebec one of their strongholds.

Heraldry

The arms of Bricquebec are blazoned :
Or, a lion vert armed and langued gules.

International relations

Bricquebec is twinned with:[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17934,266    
18004,000−6.2%
18064,345+8.6%
18214,349+0.1%
18314,255−2.2%
18364,414+3.7%
18414,484+1.6%
18464,504+0.4%
18514,446−1.3%
18563,988−10.3%
18613,969−0.5%
18663,779−4.8%
18723,622−4.2%
18763,667+1.2%
18813,757+2.5%
18863,647−2.9%
18913,661+0.4%
18962,761−24.6%
19012,778+0.6%
19062,817+1.4%
19112,816−0.0%
19212,536−9.9%
19262,596+2.4%
19312,604+0.3%
19362,682+3.0%
19462,882+7.5%
19542,732−5.2%
19622,873+5.2%
19683,063+6.6%
19753,142+2.6%
19823,724+18.5%
19904,363+17.2%
19994,360−0.1%
20094,252−2.5%

Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.

Sights

Events

Personalities

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 4/15 December 2015 (French)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  3. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  4. Hudson, Jean. "Alresford Twinning Association". Retrieved 2013-07-12.
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