Bricquebec

Bricquebec
Château de Bricquebec
Location of Bricquebec
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Bricquebec
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri-Louis Védie (PR)
Area 1	32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	4,442
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Bricquebec, a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Inhabitants are referred to as Bricquebétais.

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 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.

Heraldry

Arms of Bricquebec

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

Monuments

• 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

People

• 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

Sources

• The French Wikipedia article this one was translated from on January 26, 2006

See also

• The Trappe de Bricquebec cheese
• The Trappiste de Bricquebec cheese