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| Barneville-Carteret | |
|---|---|
 La plage de Carteret puis d'Hatainville, vue du Cap de Carteret. | |
| Location of Barneville-Carteret | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg-Octeville |
| Canton | Barneville-Carteret |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Côte des Isles |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Luc Boussard |
| Area | 10.29 km (3.97 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,334 |
| • Density | 230/km (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50031 /50270 |
| Elevation | 0–100 m (0–328 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft) |
| Website | www.barneville-carteret.net |
| French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Barneville-Carteret is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France. It is situated on the western coast of the Cotentin peninsula some 30 km south of Cherbourg. It consists of three small urban areas, Barneville Bourg, Barneville Plage and Carteret. The principal economic activities are tourism, farming and fishing.
The area has been settled since neolithic times - there is evidence of settlement on Cap Carteret, which defines the western extremity of the commune.
His(Her,Its) 2,282 inhabitants is " Barnevillais (are) " and " Carteretais (are) ". Every year, of the end of June, at the beginning of September, the population of the municipality exceeds(overtakes) 10 000 people.
Situated in front of Channel Islands (Écréhou, Jersey, Sercq, Herm, Aurigny, Minquiers, Guernsey, and Chausey) Barneville-Carteret is a sea resort estimated(appreciated) by a cosmopolitan clientele: Frenchman(French people), Englishman(English people) and Jersey, Belgian, German … The population of the municipality increases tenfold during the summer season, attracted, among others, by the marina (311 posts(post offices) in pond, 60 places visitors and 95 places in grounding). The activity of the peach(fishing) is important and diversified since the fishing port; fishes: brill, pout, dogfish, but especially shellfishes: spiders, cakes and the famous lobster of Carteret. The activities are numerous: bathing and nautical activities, fishing from the shore (on the beach(range) of Barneville, in the low tide in rocks or sand, it is possible to collect(harvest) limpets, hulls(shells), buccins, winkles, crabs, velvet swimming crabs(currycombs), shrimps … In the forefront(at the tip) of Carteret, it is possible to find deep.), gone hiking in dunes, golf and horse …
History(story)
Middle Ages
The most former(ancient) parts(parties) of Carteret date Romanic time(period) (Template:XIe and Template:XIIe centuries).
In the village of Barneville, behind the church, one motte, transformed into Calvary, was called the " hillock to Mallet " of the surname of Mallet de Carteret and Barneville, quoted from on 1066 < ref name = "Scuvée" > Frédéric Scuvée. < / ref >. The square bell tower of the church Template:XVe is provided with one rail on arcature blind(fill) and she(it) would have been besieged by the English people in September, 1499 < ref name = "Scuvée" />.
=== Second World War ===
From June, 1940, Carteret and Barneville on sea was an important point of the Atlantic wall. The fortifications of Barneville-sur-mer, Hatainville, Beaubigny and Carteret carried(wore) the codes " Wn 329 ", " Wn 326 ", " Wn 325 ", "Wn324d" and " R 612 ".
Heraldry
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The arms of Barneville-Carteret are blazoned : Gules, a tower argent masoned sable, and in chief, in fess 4 lozenges conjoined argent.
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Hamlets, sectors and districts
Because it is in the history(story), outcome(exit) of the groupings of several villages, the municipality of Barneville Carteret habrite 5 very distant places ( minimum 1 km) some of the others. Each of these places have a history(story) and an appropriate(clean) and different function(office).
Village du Tôt
The Village du Tôt is a hamlet for the typical architecture situated on the municipality. He(it) is followed by Gerfleur, small river which finds its mouth at the end of the village.
Towards him(it) Template:Mini ¦ XIX, carrier straps of bass-water settle down. Fishermen without lines or boats which install(settle) in low tide of nets on the rocks of the foreshore. Their arrival is going to contribute to create the identity of the village.
Nicolas Dutot, founding economist of the quantitative study of the economic phenomena spent his childhood there.
Jeanne Marie Le Calvé, settles down and reconverted to washerwoman there. She(it) will be noticed in 1972, by the advertising executives of the mark(brand) Star(Speedboat) who will give him(her) the nickname of " mother Denis " and will come to turn(shoot) their pubs(ads,advertising) in the village of Early. The village will never be industrialized or modernized. He(it) will keep(guard) this image and this aspect until our days. Reappointed by the philosophy of her(it) mother Denis and of the hamlet he even cross the borders.
In 2010, General Council of La Manche study a project to increase by 400 places the accommodation facilities of the marina of Barneville-Carteret, and it being situated on a part(party) of the territory of the still ever urbanized hamlet. Outside this project, the inhabitants of Early and their sympathizers have create " the association of the friends of Early " which(who) defends(forbids) the heritage(holdings) and its environment against the infringements(achievements) which he(it) undergoes or could undergo.
At the end of Template:Mini ¦ XX, while it in already be the case in the past, the village is flooded several times of in the addition(bill) of several phenomena: spring tide, thunderstorms, storm, collapse of dike (s)...
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Port of Carteret
The Port of Carteret is the present port of Barneville-Carteret. Sometimes called a "port of isles", it is situated in the harbour of Carteret, on the right bank of the mouth of the Gerfleur, at the end of the cape of Carteret.
A rescue station was built in 1865. The big pier and the south dike were completed in 1880; the following year, a connection was created with Jersey.
In 1945, the "small port", being of use as shelter to the fishermen by spring tide, is enlarged by means of 280 battalion of fight of the American genius(engineering) parked to Carteret < ref name=OT1 > " Barneville-Carteret, classified sea resort ", promotional brochure, Tourist office of Barneville-Carteret, 1 Template:Er quarter 2011, p. 17. < / ref >.
], a new pond of sailing of 300 places is created.
See also
A more detailed version can be found in the French language version of Misplaced Pages by following the attached link:http://fr.wikipedia.org/Barneville-Carteret
References
- Population on 2009 ()
- http://barnevillecarteret.webnode.fr
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