Quettehou

Quettehou is a commune with 1588 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Manche in Basse-Normandie region. The community belongs to the municipality of Communauté de communes Association du Val de Saire.

Geography

The place is located at the northeastern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the landscape Val de Saire.

History

On July 12, the English king Edward III suggested. , Who had also explained to the king of France in 1340, his eldest son, Edward, the "Black Prince", in the church of Quettehou knighted, having previously with a larger army had landed in Saint- Vaast- la -Hougue; then he devastated the whole area. That was practically the beginning of the Hundred Years War.

Policy

Mayor of the municipality is Jean -Pierre Lemyre. (November 2012)

Attractions

The Gothic church of Saint -Vigor was finished in the 13th century. The steeple was added from 1485 to 1498. Inside, among other things, a wooden Pieta from the 15th century, a stone statue of the Madonna from the 16th century and a wooden statue of Saint Anne from the 17th century and see.

The festival hall of the church is the old granary of 1865. He has a very nice and large roof beams of 18m on.

Community partnership

Partner community of Quettehou since 1983, the municipality Erlabrunn in Bavaria near Würzburg.