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Bricquebec, a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

in the Manche

Manche

Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

department in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

in north-western France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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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

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

invaders, very solidly implanted in the Cotentin peninsula

Cotentin Peninsula

The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France. It juts out north-westwards into the English Channel, towards Great Britain...

at the beginning of the 10th century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

to the Norman

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...

, Anslech

Anslech de Bricquebec

Anslech or Anslec de Bricquebec played a major political role in the first days of the duchy of Normandy, though the sources on him are rather opaque.-In the Anglo-Norman chronicles:...

. The dukes of Normandy made Bricquebec one of their strongholds.

Heraldry

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
Armand Le Véel
Armand Le Véel was a French statue sculptor. He was a native of Bricquebec, in the département of Manche. Napoléon III inaugurated his equestrian tribute to Napoleon I in Cherbourg in 1858. Many of his works are on exhibition at the Beaux-arts Museum of Bordeaux...

(1821–1905), statue sculptor
Aristide Frémine
Aristide Frémine
Aristide Frémine was a French writer.He was a native of Bricquebec, in the département of Manche and is often associated with his brother, the writer Charles Frémine, born in 1841...

(1837–1897), writer
Roger Lemerre, soccer player, born in 1941, selected for national team of France, 1998–2002

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