Milly

See also: Milly (homonymy)

Milly is a common French, located in the department of the Manche and the area Basse-Normandie.

Geography

History

The old currency of Milly " MY FORCE Of IN HAUT" and them weapons of the commune (of mouths to three fermaux turned of gold) were in fact those of Malet de Graville which were lords of Milly, as of XVe century. Louis Malet (a man colossalement rich who had enormously lent money to the King), lord de Graville, admiral de France, governor of Picardy and Normandy, made there build a castle about 1470.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Landscape of scrap-metal.
  • Banks of Sélune, with its confluence with Argonce and Gueuche.
  • Castle of Milly of 18th/19th century.
  • Castle of Coquerel of the 19th century.
  • Church of 12th and 16th centuries, surrounded of the cemetery.
  • Cross of way.

Resources and production

  • Breeding of pheasants
  • Distilling of Coquerel (cider brandy): visit wine storehouses
  • Faisanderie of Chapronnière: pheasant breeding, birds of ornament, animals of race Norman; diorama of naturalized animals

Personalities related to the commune

Jacques Nicolas Bellavène general, died in Milly in 1826

See too

  • Common of the English Channel
  • Field of Coquerel

External bonds

  • Book on the English Channel, section on Milly
  • Accounts of the commune
  • Milly on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Milly on the site of INSEE
  • Milly on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Milly on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Milly on Mapquest

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