Saint-Pierre-Église

Saint -Pierre- Église is a commune in the department of Manche in Basse-Normandie region. It belongs to the district of the canton of Cherbourg and Saint -Pierre- Église. The municipality is a member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté de communes de Saint -Pierre- Église. Residents will (female also: " Saint- Pierraises " ) the " Saint- Pierrais " called.

Location

The community is 8.06 square kilometers and is located at 4-138 m above sea level about 13 km north- west of Cherbourg at the Department of Road 901 has 1772 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ).

Attractions

• Parish church of " Notre -Dame du Val de Saire " Romanesque portal ( 12-13. Century), the nave of the 17th century ( barrel vault ), Tower the same time with platform, balustrade and four corner towers, Altar of 1824
• Chapelle des Augustines ( 19-20. Century)
• Modern statue of Abbé de Saint- Pierre ( in the square near the church )
• Grotte d' Hacouville (1876 )
• Chateau ( Castle ), destroyed in the religious wars, rebuilt in the 18th century
• Hôtel Michel de Beauval ( 17-18. Century)
• Menhirs ( " Les trois princesses" )

Personalities

• Charles Irenee Castel de Saint- Pierre, also: Abbé de Saint -Pierre; Catholic priest and philosopher ( reconnaissance ), born here in 1658, † 1743 in Paris