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Barfleur (to pronounce //) is a common French, located in the department of the Manche and the area Basse-Normandie.

It is smallest common department of the Manche.

Barflor is today gratifiée of the label of the more beautiful villages of France, decreed by an independent association aiming at promoting the tourist assets of small rich French communes of an inheritance of quality.

Its inhabitants is called the Barfleurais .

Geography

History

In 1066, the Battle of Hastings mark the beginning of the conquest of the England by the Norman among which appear of many Cotentinais & Avranchinais. On the port of Barfleur fixed on a rock, a medallion recalls that William the Conqueror made on Mora the crossing since Barfleur controlled by a Barfleurais young person, Etienne.

In 1120, the White-Nave , royal ship, sank with broad of Barfleur with on its board the son of the king Henri Ier of England, Guillaume Adelin.

At the end of XIIe century, Richard Lion-hearted would have embarked in Barfleur to join England.

For all the ducal period (jusquà 1204, date of the fastening of Normandy to the Kingdom of France), Barfleur was the preferred port of the Ducs of Normandy which were also Kings d' Angleterre.

Heraldic

Toponymy

The toponym is of origin definitely Scandinavian, where the suffix - floth become - fleu then - flower means: river, river which is thrown in the sea, as with Honfleur, Harfleur and Fiquefleur. The R final dates only from the surroundings of XIIIe century. In the language Normand of the Cotentin, Barfleur says “Barflleu”, which decides // or more often //. Barfleurais are called then the “Barfllotais” (either //).

Administration

Demography

Economy

Barflor is a fishing port, in particular of moulds of full sea. Its center of unloads is managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Cherbourg-Cotentin.

Places and monuments

Church Saint Nicolas's Day (XVIIe-XIXe centuries): it replaces an older church covered for a long time by the floods.
Court Holy-Catherine (XVIe S)
Small port of typical fishing of stranding.
In the village, houses barfleuraises (of XVIIe at the XIXe century) out of granite and with roof of Schist.

Celebrities

Julie Postel (1756 - 1846), in religion Sister Marie-madeleine founder in 1807, of the congregation of the Sisters of the Christian schools and the Mercy.
Paul Signac (1863 - 1935), painter, owner of a house street St Nicolas.
Jean-Luc Petitrenaud (1950 -), journalist and critical gastronomical, has a second home with Barfleur.

See too

Common of the English Channel

External bonds

Site of the city
Barfleur on the site of the national geographical Institute
Barfleur on the site of INSEE
Barfleur on the site of Quid
Localization of Barfleur on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Barfleur on Mapquest

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