Bricquebec
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Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 1°38′00″W / 49.46667°N 1.63333°W
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Commune of Bricquebec |
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  Bricquebec
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg-Octeville |
| Canton | Bricquebec |
| Mayor | Henri-Louis Vedie (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area1 | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,442 (1999) |
| - Density | 136 /km² (350 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 50082/ 50260 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bricquebec, a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.
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 epic of Viking invaders, very solidly implanted in 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.
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[edit] Monuments
- Château (XIIe), with polygonal ramparts, towers and turret (historical monument class).
- Château des Galleries (XVIe/XVIIe)
- Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Cistercian) (XIXe)
- Château Saint-Blaise (XVIIe/XIXe)
[edit] Events
- Market every Monday morning
- La Sainte Anne traditional fair on the last weekend in July
[edit] Personalities
- Jean Le Marois (1776-1836), a general under Napoléon, député of la Manche.
- Armand Le Véel (1821-1905), statue sculptor
- Aristide Frémine (1837-1897), writer
- Roger Lemerre, soccer player, born in 1941, selected for national team of France, 1998-2002
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[edit] See also
- The Trappe de Bricquebec cheese
- The Trappiste de Bricquebec cheese
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