Saint-Éloi-de-Fourques

Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques is a commune with 462 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region. It belongs to the Communauté de communes rurales Local Government Association du canton de Brionne.

Geography

Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques located in Roumois, 16 kilometers southwest of Elbeuf and 8.6 kilometers northeast of Brionne, between the hamlet of Saint -Taurine -des- Ifs belonging to Bosrobert and lies in the west, Saint -Paul -de - Fourques in the south and Le Gros -Theil in the east at the E402. The hamlets and lieux - dits (place, the ... bears the name ) Bosc- Yves Le Mouchel, La Maison Rouge, Danèterie, La Cambe, La Devinerie, La Sente -aux- Prêtres, Le Moulin de Serville, La Roussière, Les bouquets and La Noë belong to the community.

History

Originally Fourques was a big village which was divided into two places, Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques and Saint -Paul -de- Fourques. Orderic Vitalis (1075-1142) mentioned in his Historia Ecclesiastica the main town Fourques as Furcas ( fork, pitchfork bifurcation ).

At the founding of the Abbey Le Bec in the 11th century the family Croc of the Abbey gave everything they had in Fourques. At the beginning of the 13th century gave Guillaume de Fourques the Abbey Le Bec lands and money. In 1319, the separation of the districts had already taken place, where Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques was the original settlement, as Sanctus Eligius de Furcis the village was mentioned in the cartulary of the Abbey of Le Bec. Pope Clement VI. (1291-1352) began in 1348, the abbey Le Bec officially as the owner of Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques one. In today's municipal area there was in the Middle Ages and the Ancien Régime several fiefs, which were mentioned in the cartulary of the Abbey of Le Bec.

The feud Fourquettes was first mentioned in 1253, it belonged in the 16th century Barony of Bonneville Aptot. The fief of La Cambe was first mentioned in 1230, where Pierre de la Cambe was born Abt 1282 of Le Bec was from 1272 until his death on November 2. Cambe means brewery.

North West of the center is the Manoir d' Hermus. Until the 17th century it was called into Val- Cabot. It was the original name of Raoul Cabot, which was mentioned in 1209 in the cartulary of the Abbey of Le Bec. 1241 emerged the fief as Caboc in the cartulary of 1261 as the Cabots. 1535 Robert de Thumary acquired the fief. He had built the manor at his death in 1540 it was not yet completed. He had no children and his widow sold the fief to Isabeau Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise ( 1496-1550 ). 1659 bought Pierre Cousin ( 1637-1713 ) Val- Cabot, as a lawyer and secretary of Philippe I de Bourbon, duc d' Orléans, he went up socially. In 1676 he was knighted and in 1676 he had a chapel on Val- Cabot build, dedicated to Saint- Pierre and Saint -Paul. He restructured his lands, converted it into smaller parcels and renamed the mansion in Hermos to. In 1680 he inherited the Marais Vernier from his father and moved there. His heiress Nicole married Nicolas de Grouchy the Seigneur of Sainte- Opportune -la- Mare. Her son wasted his possessions and had to sell the Hermus. His brother Louis Plante Rose bought the property in 1754 for 56,000 livres. Plante Rose was knighted in the same year. He lived in the Hermus and his children were born there. 1785 Hermos was sold to Robert de la Houssaye. In 1793 he had to watch as a result of the French Revolution, such as the archives of the Hermus were burned by revolutionaries at the Liberty Tree. 1794 his possessions were confiscated, but he managed to keep the Hermus, where he died in 1810. His son died in 1846 and bequeathed the estate to his niece Eulalie Pillon, whose husband tore down the outbuildings and " simplify " the main building. 1895 acquired Pierre Windsor, an industrialist from Rouen, the estate. It is today still owned by his family.

1793 Saint- Eloi received -de- Fourques in the wake of the French Revolution the status of a municipality (as Saint Eloi de Fourques ) and in 1801 the right to local self-government (as Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques ).

Attractions

The church of Saint - Eloi still contains the remains of a Roman building. The choir was built in 1260-1280. The Arc triomphal rests on columns whose capitals are decorated with acanthus leaves. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was enlarged. The ensemble of church, church porch and the large yew tree in the churchyard is classified as a Site Inscrit ( natural monument ). In the church there is a Gisant of Bishop Geoffroy III. de Faé († 1340) from the 14th century. He was classified in 1907 as a monument historique.

The Manoir de Hermos was founded in 1540 and completed in 1675. It has moderate dimensions. It has a square ground floor and since the 18th century, a first floor, which is integrated into the roof. A chapel is located on the first floor above the entrance, the chapel was set up before the rest of the first floor. Before the " simplifications " in the 19th century, the building had two wings and a large rectangular courtyard, which was bounded by walls and two outbuildings. It was a horse stable and a servant's house. In addition, there was a dovecote. The terrace went to the lawn, which was lined with trees and led to a semi-circular basin. Today in the manor house theater performances and other events.

Economy

Major lines of business of Eligiens (residents ) are farming and feed production. There are mainly cultivated cereals, sugar beet and flax. The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for Calvados and pommeau ( pommeau de Normandie ) and protected geographical indication ( PGI ) for Pork ( Porc de Normandie), poultry ( Volailles de Normandie) and cider ( Cidre de Normandie and cider normand ) apply.