Portbail

Portbail is a common French, located in the department of the Manche and the area Basse-Normandie. The name of the commune is sometimes spelled Port-Lease .

Its inhabitants is called Portbaillais.

Geography

History

Heraldic

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the commune of Port-Lease has two churches:

Notre-Dame, classified historic building, is characterized by its strengthened bell-tower crowned from crenels and Mâchicoulis from the 11th century, vestige of the Guerre One hundred Year old. This religious building would occupy the site of a monastic whole of the 8th century, which depended on the Abbaye of Saint-Wandrille. Place of exposures and concert from April at October, guided visits.
the Saint Martin's day church (of Gouey) of the 12th century and the 15th century is the current parish church since 1909.

Five ways Roman arrives and starts from Port-Lease, which lets think that this port was a stopover of the sea route of the tin, which thus connected the Cornwall to the basin the Mediterranean N.
Vestige of the Gallo-Roman time, the baptistry of Port-Lease to the originality to be hexagonal. It was built with the Life century, at the beginning of the christianization of Cotentin. It is the only baptistry found in the north of the Loire and the only hexagonal one in France. The baptism by immersion was practiced there. It was transformed into funerary vault in XIIe century. Bones were found there, and other vestiges.
the driving bridge of 1873 towards the beach is also interesting since it is composed of 13 arches what is often sign ill omen. The days of strong tides it happens that the bridge is with the short-nap cloth of water, which gives the impression to go on water.
the legend indicates the town of Port-Lease, as the framework of the miraculous arrival, by sea, of the relics of holy Georges out of ground of France.

Song

Portbail is the title of a song written and composed by Alain Souchon, being reproduced on the album entitled “It as you want”, is appeared in 1985.

Events

Portbail saw in 2004 the organization of the first " Gainsbarre" , a cycle race Elite named in remembering Serge Gainsbourg.
Great raid VTT (52,35 km and 20 km) and pedestrian race (6,13 km) in May
Festival of the child, at the end of May
Festival of the music, June 23rd, 2007

Celebrities

Eugene Bretel (1842-1933), first industrial butter producer, born in the commune
Rene Fenouillère (1882 - 1916), French international footballer, born in the commune

See too

Common of the English Channel

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