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Bricquebec
Bricquebec
Part of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
	Château de Bricquebec
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bricquebec
	Bricquebec Bricquebec
	Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 1°38′00″W / 49.4667°N 1.6333°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Bricquebec
Commune	Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
Area 1	32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
Population (2019)	3,972
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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.

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Bricquebec (French pronunciation: [bʁikbɛk]) 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.^[2]

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

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

International relations

Bricquebec is twinned with:^[3]

New Alresford, United Kingdom^[3]^[4]^[5]
Lachendorf, Germany^[3]
Sremski Karlovci, Serbia^[3]

Population

Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,266	—
1800	4,000	−6.2%
1806	4,345	+8.6%
1821	4,349	+0.1%
1831	4,255	−2.2%
1836	4,414	+3.7%
1841	4,484	+1.6%
1846	4,504	+0.4%
1851	4,446	−1.3%
1856	3,988	−10.3%
1861	3,969	−0.5%
1866	3,779	−4.8%
1872	3,622	−4.2%
1876	3,667	+1.2%
1881	3,757	+2.5%
1886	3,647	−2.9%
1891	3,661	+0.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	2,761	−24.6%
1901	2,778	+0.6%
1906	2,817	+1.4%
1911	2,816	−0.0%
1921	2,536	−9.9%
1926	2,596	+2.4%
1931	2,604	+0.3%
1936	2,682	+3.0%
1946	2,882	+7.5%
1954	2,732	−5.2%
1962	2,873	+5.2%
1968	3,063	+6.6%
1975	3,142	+2.6%
1982	3,724	+18.5%
1990	4,363	+17.2%
1999	4,360	−0.1%
2009	4,252	−2.5%

Sights

Château (XII^e), with polygonal ramparts, towers and turret (historical monument class).
Château des Galleries (XVI^e/XVII^e)
Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Cistercian) (XIX^e)
Château Saint-Blaise (XVII^e/XIX^e)

Events

Market every Monday morning
La Sainte Anne traditional fair on the last weekend in July

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
William Bertram Baron of Briquebec, 1012, father of Hugue (named de Roussel) who was appointed Marshal of England by King William I (Duke of Normandy)
Olly Southwick, Alresford MVP Astro Christmas Football 2019

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 4/15 December 2015 (in French)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
^ Hudson, Jean. "Alresford Twinning Association". Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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[pop2019-1] Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE

[2] Arrêté préfectoral 4/15 December 2015 (in French)

[Bricquebec_twinnings-3] "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

[Archant_twinning-4] "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

[Alesford_twinning-5] Hudson, Jean. "Alresford Twinning Association". Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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 |image coat of arms     = Blason Bricquebec.svg
 |caption                = Château de Bricquebec
-|region                 = Basse-Normandie
-|department             = Manche
 |arrondissement         = Cherbourg
 |canton                 = Bricquebec
 |INSEE                  = 50082
 |postal code            = 50260
-|mayor                  = Henri-Louis Védie ([[Radical Party (France)|PR]])
+|commune                = Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
+|coordinates            = {{coord|49.4667|-1.6333|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
-|term                   = 2008&ndash;2014
-|intercommunality       =
-|longitude              = -1.6333
-|latitude               = 49.4667
 |elevation m            =
 |elevation min m        = 7
 |elevation max m        = 161
 |area km2               = 32.66
-|population             = 4252
+|population             = 3972
-|population date        = 2009
+|population date        = 2019
+|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
 }}
-'''Bricquebec''', a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Manche]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Normandy]] in northwestern [[France]].
+'''Bricquebec''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁikbɛk}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Manche]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] in northwestern [[France]]. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of [[Bricquebec-en-Cotentin]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/4/INTB1532113A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 4/15 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
 ==History==
@@ Line 38: / Line 34: @@
 {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
+Bricquebec is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131127063207/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-27 |title=National Commission for Decentralised cooperation |accessdate=2013-12-26 |work=Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) |language=French }}</ref>
-===Twin towns – Sister cities===
+*{{flagicon|UK}} [[New Alresford]], United Kingdom<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/><ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |accessdate=2013-07-11 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archivedate=2013-07-05 }}</ref><ref name="Alesford twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.alresford-twinning.org.uk/|title=Alresford Twinning Association|accessdate=2013-07-12|last=Hudson|first=Jean}}</ref>
-Bricquebec is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings">{{cite web | url =http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3 | title = National Commission for Decentralised cooperation | accessdate = 2013-12-26|work = Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) | language = French}}</ref>
+*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lachendorf]], Germany<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/>
-*{{flagicon|UK}} [[New Alresford]], United Kingdom<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/><ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|accessdate = 2013-07-11|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref><ref name="Alesford twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.alresford-twinning.org.uk/|title=Alresford Twinning Association|accessdate=2013-07-12|last=Hudson|first=Jean}}</ref>
-*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lachendorf]], Germany<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/>
+*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Sremski Karlovci]], Serbia<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/>
-*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Sremski Karlovci]], Serbia<ref name="Bricquebec twinnings"/>
 ==Population==
+Inhabitants are referred to as ''Bricquebétais''.
 {{Historical populations
 |align=left
+|cols=2
 |1793| 4266 |1800| 4000 |1806| 4345 |1821| 4349
 |1831| 4255 |1836| 4414 |1841| 4484 |1846| 4504
@@ Line 56: / Line 54: @@
 |1982| 3724 |1990| 4363 |1999| 4360 |2009| 4252
 }}
+{{clear left}}
-Inhabitants are referred to as ''Bricquebétais''.
-{{clear-left}}
 ==Sights==
@@ Line 75: / Line 71: @@
 * [[Aristide Frémine]] (1837–1897), writer
 * [[Roger Lemerre]], soccer player, born in 1941, selected for national team of France, 1998–2002
+* [[William Bertram (baron)|William Bertram]] Baron of Briquebec, 1012, father of Hugue (named de Roussel) who was appointed Marshal of England by King William I (Duke of Normandy)
+* [[Olly Southwick]], Alresford MVP Astro Christmas Football 2019
 ==See also==
@@ Line 81: / Line 79: @@
 ==References==
-*[http://www.insee.fr/fr/bases-de-donnees/esl/comparateur.asp?codgeo=COM-50082 INSEE statistics]
 {{reflist}}
 {{Commons category|Bricquebec}}
-{{Manche communes}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Communes of Manche]]
+[[Category:Former communes of Manche]]
 {{Manche-geo-stub}}

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