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Bricquebec
Sign in to saveBricquebec () 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,475
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bricquebec
- French commune.image
- BricquebecDonjon2.JPG
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Bricquebec.svg
- French commune.caption
- Château de Bricquebec
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cherbourg
- French commune.canton
- Bricquebec
- French commune.INSEE
- 50082
- French commune.postal code
- 50260
- French commune.commune
- Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
- French commune.elevation min m
- 7
- French commune.elevation max m
- 161
- French commune.area km2
- 32.66
- French commune.population
- 4139
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bricquebec
- Population
- 4014
- Area
- 32.66
- Elevation
- 71
- Image
- BricquebecRue.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bricquebec
- postal code
- 50260
- Commons gallery
- Bricquebec
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- P8168
- Sonoma County
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Bricquebec () 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.
==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.
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