Acquigny

Acquigny is a commune with 1544 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Eure in the Haute -Normandie; it belongs to the district of the canton of Louviers and Evreux Sud.

Geography

Acquigny is in the countryside Lieuvin, 82 kilometers southeast of Le Havre and 5 kilometers southeast of Louviers on an average height of 79 meters above sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 20 meters. The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities Pinter Ville, Vironvay, Heudreville -sur -Eure, and Amfreville- sur- Iton. The municipality has an area of ​​1783 hectares. The rivers Eure and Iton and the Bach Les Courtieux flow through the municipality.

Acquigny 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

On aerial photographs from the 1990s can (55 to 486 AD, BC) identify a network of roads from Gallo-Roman times. A road leading to Val -de- Reuil, another about Les Andelys to Fleury -sur- Andelle. 1856 some Roman coins were found in the destruction of the old bridge in the park of the castle. 1863 Roman coins were found in 1908 in a brick fountain. It is Antoniniane from the reign of Valerian ( 253-260 ) to Constantius I Caesar ( 293-305 ) and Caesar Galerius ( 293-305 ). Near the mansion traces of an underground aqueduct were found, led the water of the stream Becdal toward Louviers.

It is believed that a chapel was first built in honor of the martyrs Maximus of Evreux and his deacon Venerandus in the 5th century. Roger I de Tosny donated the chapel and lands in 1035 to the monastery of Saint- Pierre -et-Saint -Paul in Conches -en- Ouche. The then a priory founded in Acquigny. The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), the priory was destroyed and rebuilt from 1450. As of 1752, only existed the chapel.

Demographics

Attractions

In the chapel of Saint- Mauxe -et -Saint- Vénérand there is a stained glass window from the 13th and from the mid-15th century, which glorifies the Virgin Mary. There Bernard presents Mary with their attributes crescent moon, Lily, with the child, to be free from original sin, even though it was before the bull Grave nimis of Pope Sixtus IV made ​​. The chapel was formerly the abbey church of the Priory Saint- Mauxe -et -Saint- Vénérand. She was born 1954 entered in the Zusarzverzeichnis the Monuments historiques and are thus protected monument.

• Acquigny Castle ( built from 1557)
• Church of Sainte -Cécile (chorus built from 1545 )
• Former prison ( 14th to 16th century)

Economy

The municipal area protected geographical indication ( PGI ) for Pork ( Porc de Normandie), poultry ( Volailles de Normandie) and cider ( Cidre de Normandie and cider normand ) apply.