Morsan
Morsan is a commune with 123 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region. It belongs to the Association of Local Authorities Communes rurales du canton de Brionne.
Geography
Morsan located 10 kilometers north of Bernay, 10 kilometers west of Brionne, between the neighboring communities Giverville the northwest, Boissy- Lamberville in the south and Notre -Dame- d'Épine in the Northeast. on the eastern edge of the Lieuvin.
Morsan is one of the municipalities in the department of Eure, in which the risk suddenly forming meter deep holes there. The so-called Marnières are old marl pits, which can be opened, for example, after heavy rain, when the rubble filling is washed into the side passages. These holes usually have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 meters. Throughout the Eure, there are about 16,000 of these marl pits.
Morsan 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
Old spellings for Morsan were Morcan (see Cassinikarte ) Morchent ( 1050-1066 ), Murcench (11th century), Morceng (13th century), Morsent or Morseng. The name was derived from the Latin words muro cinctus meaning " boundary wall ". It belonged to the abbey of Le Bec to Jean de Morsent to 1276 still refused to pay tithing because he needed the money for his followers in times of war.
Morsan was the ancestral home of the branch Morsan the Le Sens ( also reading or de Sens ) family. Chevalier Philémon Le Sens, was the first Baron of Morsan. He belonged to the royal household ( Maison du Roi ) of Henry IV of France and was governor of Bernay. He had a hunting lodge in Morsan build. At the time of Abdon -Thomas -François Le Sens (1724-1800), the squire of Louis XV. had been before he became Marquis of Morsan, the hunting lodge of Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782) has been redesigned.
1793 Morsan received in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and 1801 by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821) the right to local self-government.
Abdon -Thomas Le Sens, Marquis de Morsan, was arrested and jailed in 1793 in Bernay. It later succeeded his plundered lands retrieve. He died in Paris in 1800. His grandson Joseph Philemon lived in Morsan in the partially restored castle from 1845. 1871, during the Franco-German War, it was sacked again by the Prussian army. His son Florian - Gaston was the last Marquis de Morsan, he died in 1929.
From 1806 to 1936, the population has steadily decreased. Least inhabitants had Morsan 1990 ( 70).
Culture and sights
The Church de la sainte Trinité ( Holy Trinity ) dates from the 13th century, from that time only the nave has been preserved. In the 17th century larger windows were used. The choir dates from the late 17th century. In the church there are several objects that are classified as a monument historique (historic monument): a large altarpiece from the second half of the 17th century with Corinthian columns, which contains a tabernacle. On the right is in a niche, a group of sculptures made of wood, showing the Archangel Gabriel, among others. On the left is a wooden statue of Germanus of Auxerre. In the center is a painting from the 19th century depicting the Holy Family. In addition, there are five pews from the 18th century in the style of Louis XVI and an eagle lectern from the end of the 17th century in the style of Louis Quatorze -.
Morsan belongs to the Roman Catholic community Communauté de Giverville, which is part of the parish of the diocese of Evreux Montgeoly.
The castle is called by the people because of its color Le Château Blanc ( the white castle '). The original castle was built in the late 16th or early 17th century but rebuilt in the 18th century and it changed a lot. In the 19th century the staircase was renewed. The original two -winged staircase was replaced by a spiral staircase. The floor in the main salon and the paneling in the "Library " were also replaced. The paneling in the main salon from the 18th century. The road leads from the village directly to the main courtyard, is now used as pasture. Then the path leads between two towers from the 16th century through to the forecourt of the castle. However, the entrance is not on this page, but in the south. At the entrance is a statue of Pan is at a basin. South and east sides of the building are richly decorated, west of the wind from the sea has worn the soft Loire sandstone. The south side shows different scenes from Greek mythology. The foundations of the castle made of flint and brick and date from the 16th century. The south tower is not restored, it has a fireplace on each of three floors. The castle is privately owned and was established by its owners in the rococo style.
Economy
Major lines of business of Morsanais are agriculture and animal husbandry. There are mainly cereals and fodder beet and apples grown and bred domestic cattle. The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for Pont -l'Évêque cheese, calvados and pommeau ( pommeau de Normandie ) and protected geographical indication ( PGI ) for Pork ( Porc de Normandie), poultry ( Volailles de Normandie) and cider ( apply Cidre de Normandie and cider normand ).
Personalities
- Jacques -Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807), naturalist, should be born in Morsan. A lawyer named Valmont de Bomare had in 1787 and 1788 land in Morsan.