Marcilly-sur-Eure
Marcilly -sur -Eure is a commune with 1568 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region. It belongs to the Local Government Association, La Porte Normande. In Marcilly -sur -Eure stands the monastery Le Breuil -Benoît.
Geography
Marcilly -sur -Eure is located in northern France on the border of the provinces Campagne du Neubourg and Drouais, in the southeast corner of the department of Eure in the Eure River, 72 kilometers west of Paris, about 25 kilometers southeast of Evreux, the seat of the Prefecture for the district, and about 11 km southeast of Saint -André -de- l'Eure, the capital of the canton on an average height of 103 meters above sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 70 meters. Neighboring communities of Marcilly -sur -Eure are Saint -Laurent -des- Bois in the northwest, Croth in the Northeast, Saint -Georges- Motel to the southeast and Louye in the southwest. The municipality has an area of 1548 hectares.
The municipality is one of the type Cfb climate zone ( Köppen and Geiger after ) 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
During construction of the railway line from Evreux to Dreux 1841 behind the castle Mésangère found in reddish alluvial soil skeleton. The workers accused the skull on a pile of rubble, where it broke and only the skull remained. The frontal bone was then called the neanderthal way. Dominique Gambier ( b. 1947 ) had re-examine national in Saint- Germain -en- Laye in his time as Rector of the University of Rouen a cast of the skull from the Musée d' archéologie. It was found that the bone despite its robust nature does not correspond to a Neanderthal, but that of a Cro- Magnon man, although the frontal bone was found in a layer of soil from the Middle Palaeolithic. The layers were not thick enough to allow a precise dating at the site.
1976 and 1980 were ( 2200-800 BC) found on aerial images of different areas of the municipality traces of settlement from the Bronze Age.
1967 cars from the grave Spätlatène (150 BC to 30 BC ) discovered. The grave contained 90 objects or fragments of objects. Apart from parts of the car forged nails, a sword, a shield boss, a kettle, spatula, razor, a sickle and ceramics were found. In aerial photographs in June 1982 trenches were found from the Spätlatène that were 1983 and 1984 examined by an excavation.
In 1137 Fulk, the then Seigneur of the fief Breuil -Benoît, a monastery with Benedictine monks from Savigny founded. 1147 the monastery Breuil -Benoît joined the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux.
The feud Brazais came in 1469 in the possession of the family Bois- Rouvray. In 1579 it fell by marriage to Joseph d' Esparbez de Lussan († 1599), the 1584 title Mestre de camp led and Henry IV was close enough to get the command of the castle of Nantes. His son Charles ( † 1620) 1614 bought the fief Bas- Moteux added. His son, Gabriel founded in 1667 a Rosary Confraternity in Marcilly -sur -Eure.
The monastery Breuil -Benoît was declared a national property during the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ). Altars, tabernacles, iron railings and lead coffins were reduced or taken away, then, the monastery was sold in 1791 to a notary. The sold the property in August 1793 again. 1842 acquired Gustave de Reiset the former monastery, leaving the ruins stabilize. He established himself in built in the early 17th century residential buildings of the monastery.
1793 received Marcilly -sur -Eure in the wake of the French Revolution as Marcilly the status of a municipality and 1801 by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte the right to local self-government.
Culture and sights
Marcilly -sur -Eure belongs to the Roman Catholic community Mesnilliers that part of the parish of Saint André - is Mesnilliers of the diocese of Evreux.
The manor house was built by Charles la Mésangère or Gabriel d' Esparbez de Lussan in the first half of the 17th century in the style of Louis XIII. The facade is made of red brick and light-colored natural stone.
The former monastery now acts more like a castle. The main building is flanked by round towers. In the park, which is right on the Eure, are the ruins of the choir of the abbey church. The abbey church was built in the late 12th or early 13th century. The church and the park are as a site classé (, classified site ') is listed, the church was also a monument historique in 1993 ( historic monument ' classified ).
Economy and infrastructure
In 2009, 13.7 per cent of workers were employed in the town, the others were commuters. 10.3 percent of workers were unemployed.
The nearest railway station is located in Saint -Jean -Saint -Germain and is 10 kilometers away. The nearest airport is 56.3 kilometers away lying business airport Toussus -le- Noble.
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.
Personalities
- Gérard Garouste (* 1946 in Paris ), painter, lives and works since 1979 in Marcilly -sur -Eure.