Bricquebec

Bricquebec
Location of
Country	France
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Bricquebec
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50082 /

Bricquebec, a commune of the département of Manche, in the Basse-Normandie région, 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 tenth century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château to the Norman Anslech. The dukes of Normandy have made Bricquebec one of their strongholds.

Monuments

(If an alternate image is available, feel free to insert it here. Use of the fr:Wikipedia image for this site is restricted and soon to be deleted:) thumbnail|250Px|left|Château de Bricquebec with polygonal turret (photo F. Pluquet)

(If an alternate image is available, feel free to insert it here. Use of the fr:Wikipedia image for this site is restricted and soon to be deleted:) thumbnail|250Px|Nocturnal lighting on the polygonal turret of the Château de Bricquebec (photo F. Pluquet)

- 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

• Walks every Monday morning
• Great La Sainte Anne traditional fair on the last weekend in July

Births

• Jean Le Marois (1776-1836), a general under Napoléon, député of la Manche.
• Armand Le Véel, statue sculptor, born in 1821
• 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

• Le Trappe de Bricquebec cheese
• Le Trappiste de Bricquebec cheese