Saint-Victor-d'Épine

Saint -Victor- d'Épine is a commune with 316 inhabitants (as of 1 January 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

Saint -Victor- d'Épine located in Lieuvin, 1.4 km north of Notre -Dame- d'Épine, 2.4 km southwest of Neuville- sur- Authou and 13 kilometers northeast of Bernay on the eastern edge of the Lieuvin.

Old villages and fiefdoms that still belong to Saint -Victor- d'Épine are: La Boudinière, Le Chemin- Chaussé (named after the Roman road from Brionne Cormeilles ), La Forge - Courtin, La Gosseaumerie, Le Hamel, Le Manoir, La Minardière, La Morinière, La Prévotière and La Rochelle.

Located in Saint -Victor- d'Épine there is a danger that Marnières, old marl pits cause a landslide. The 1.5 to 2 meters wide and several meters deep holes can occur, for example after heavy rain. There are openings in the access shafts whose rubble filling was swept into the side passages. The ceilings of the mining shafts can also collapse, suggesting wider holes arise. Landslides due to heavy rainfall occurred in the community in December 1999.

History

Epine is the French word for "thorn ", blackthorn and hawthorn contain both the word épine. 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.

Towards the end of the year 846 or 847 Bayeux was in the hands of the Bretons under Nominoë († 851 ). The area around Bayeux was often haunted by the Normans. A man named Hervé Saint- Victor- d'Épine decided on the basis of visions, and after he had with Frechulf, Bishop of Lisieux, advised the bodies of the saints Regnobert de Bayeux and Zénon, the deacon of Bayeux had been to to bring them home. Two priests helped him. They slipped into the city, in the church of Saint - Exupère and stole the relics. About Norolles then they pulled back with a lot of singing and processions to Saint -Victor- d'Épine where the bodies of the two saints were exhibited for a while on the altar, to Hervé built them a church in Suiacum villa.

In the 11th century 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.

In documents it was 1317 Saint -Victor- d'Espineuse, 1400 Saint -Victor -de- la- Haie- d'Eppines, and in the 17th century Saint -Victor- d'Epinne ( note the Chambre des Comptes, the French Ministry of Finance mentioned in the Ancien Régime ).

Saint -Victor- d'Épine received in 1793 in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a community ( even as Saint Victor d' Epine ) and in 1801 the right to local self-government ( with the current name spelling).

Most residents had Saint -Victor- d'Épine 1831 ( 1017 ). Thereafter, the number of residents took almost continuously until 1975 (256). After 1975, the population figures rebounded slightly.

Attractions

The church of Saint -Victor, built in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 19th century, the nave was extended. In the church there is a painting depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was painted in the 17th century and is classified as a monument historique since 1907 ( historical monument ).

One of the two large yew trees behind the church is about a thousand years. And so much older than the church itself, the yew was classified in 1925 as Remarquable arbre ( tree monument). It is 15 meters high and its trunk has a circumference at the base of 11 meters. Yews are in popular belief Normandy as connections between the realm of the dead and the living. They protect the soul of the deceased on the way to the grave. Therefore, they were planted in cemeteries.

The mansion Le Mont- Criquet was built in the 18th century. The walls are made of rubble stone and brick. In the second half of the 19th century, the comtesse de Vaugiraud let the dormer and the side pavilions enlarge. It is privately owned.

The garden Jardins du Clos Saint -François was established in 1985 by a Norman farmhouse dating from the 17th century around. The area is two acres in size and located on the outskirts of the municipality of Saint -Victor- d'Épine halfway to Saint -Georges- du- Vièvre. On the lawns, flowerbeds and ponds sculptures and installations are exhibited. Among the artworks run swans, ducks and geese around. From early May to late August, the gardens are open from Friday to Monday.

Economy

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 ).