Notre-Dame-d'Épine

Notre -Dame- d'Épine is a commune with 76 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

Notre Dame is located in d'Épine Lieuvin, 12 kilometers northeast of Bernay and 8 kilometers west of the cantonal capital of Brionne, between the neighboring communities Morsan in the south and Saint -Victor- d'Épine in the north. At Notre -Dame- d'Épine part of the hamlet of Le Bucard, the south is the village center and has no street names. The center also has no street names and is called Le Village.

Notre -Dame- d'Épine is one of the municipalities in the department of Eure, in which the risk suddenly forming meter deep holes or wider Erdabsenkungen 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. The former entrance holes usually have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 meters. However, it can collapse the old mining courses. Throughout the Eure, there are about 16,000 of these marl pits. In the municipality there were in 1999 and 2001 to 2002 problems with Marnières.

History

Notre -Dame- d'Épine was formerly called Epine Epine or Épines. Epine is the French word for "thorn ", blackthorn and hawthorn contain both the word épine in French. It has therefore been particularly likely many thorn bushes on site. The lands called Epine belonged to the 11th century to the barony of Saint -Philbert -sur -Risle.

Jean d' Avranches (also d' Ivry or de Saint -Philibert, † 1079 ) was the son of Raoul d' Ivry was from 1061 to 1067 Bishop of Avranches and gave the church his lands. This included Notre Dame d'Épine, he gave it to the archbishop of Rouen, before he himself became archbishop in 1067.

1073 gave the then owner Guillaume Giroie d' Epine Echauffour the Abbey of Saint -Léger Les Préaux. Epine was divided into the parishes of Saint -Victor- d'Épine and Notre -Dame- d'Épine. 1376 was Jean Mauvois Notre Dame d'Épine. It was then placed under La Poterie -Mathieu. 1535 was Guillaume Le Carpentier Seigneur of the community.

1712 came into the possession of the branch Épines Morsan the Le Sens family and in 1771 was Abdon Thomas Le Sens Seigneur of Notre -Dame- d'Épine. The fief belonged to the Le Sens to the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ). 1793 was Notre Dame d'Épine in the wake of the French Revolution the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government. During the Revolution it was renamed Epine.

The number of inhabitants declined significantly since 1793 and almost continuously until 1946., You have increased only slightly since then.

Attractions

The church of Notre Dame dates from the 16th century. Inside there is a baptismal font from the 17th century, which is embedded in the wall. In the altarpiece from the 17th century is a painting from 1667 by Guy Hubert ( called Timothée ), that is, L' Assomption ( Assumption). Altarpieces and paintings were classified in 1907 as a monument historiques (historical monuments ). The church also has a Litre funéraire ( mourning band ) from the 18th century on the western exterior wall. There are there two arms of the Le Sens de Morsan. One of the coat of arms is carved in a square of about 60 centimeters on a side. The colors of the arms are a bit faded. It is equipped with the crown of a Marquis. Except for the fact that the Le Sens were Seigneurs of Notre -Dame- d'Épine in the 18th century, it speaks the oval shape of the shield for this time.

In the churchyard is a stone cross, is shown on the west side of Jesus Christ and on the east side, the Virgin and Child. The crucifix was in 1961 in the Additional List of Monuments historiques registered ( inscrit MH).

Economy

Notre -Dame- d'Épine is surrounded by pasture and arable land. Important economic activities are the agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic sheep. However, most residents work in other communities. 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 ).