Saint-Paul-de-Fourques

Saint -Paul -de- Fourques is a commune with 291 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region. It belongs to the Local Government Association, Canton de Brionne.

Geography

Saint -Paul -de- Fourques located in Roumois, 56 kilometers southwest of Le Havre. Neighboring municipalities of Saint -Paul -de- Fourques are Bosrobert in the West, Saint- Eloi -de- Fourques in the north, Le Gros -Theil in Nprdosten, La Neuville -du -Bosc in the southeast and La Haye -de- Calleville in the south. The municipality covers 403 hectares, the average altitude is 114 meters above sea level, the Mairie stands at a height of 142 meters. The hamlet of Le Glatiney belongs to the municipality.

In Saint -Paul -de- Fourques there is a danger that Marnières, old marl pits cause a landslide. The 1.5 to 2 meters wide and several meters deep holes can occur, for example after heavy rain, there are openings in the access shafts whose rubble filling was swept into the side passages. The ceilings of the mining shafts can also collapse, suggesting wider holes arise. Throughout the Eure, there are about 16,000 of these marl pits. The municipal area, particularly at Le Glatiney, there are several Marnières. Due to heavy rains, there were 1988 and December 1999-January 2000 problems with flooding and landslides.

Saint -Paul -de- Fourques is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

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. The parish church of Saint -Paul also belonged to the Abbey of Le Bec. On August 10, 1253 handed Roger, pastor of Saint -Paul -de- Fourques, the parish of Eudes Rigaud ( 1200-1275 to ), who was then at the Abbey of Le Bec. Henri de Saint- Léger, the abbot of Le Bec, handed over the town to Robert Le Gregy, who later Robert I de Clairbec, the successor of Henri de Saint -Léger returned. 1692, the parish held a boys' school in Saint -Paul -de- Fourques. The Abbey remained until the French Revolution in the possession of Seigneurie the village.

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

Most inhabitants of Saint -Paul -de- Fourques had in 1841 and 1846, after which the population decreased until it reached its minimum in 1921. Since 1975, the population increases again.

Attractions

The Romanesque church of Saint -Paul dates from the 12th century and is dedicated to Paul of Tarsus. It was changed only slightly over the centuries. In its interior, there are many memorial plaques.

Economy and infrastructure

The image of the church is dominated by forest and fields. There is an agricultural cooperative on site. 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.

The nearest railway station is at 7 km away cantonal capital of Brionne.