Hiesville | |
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Coordinates: 49°22′21″N 1°15′44″W / 49.3725°N 1.2622°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Manche |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
Canton | Carentan-les-Marais |
Intercommunality | La Baie du Cotentin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Agnès Bouffard [1] |
Area 1 | 4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 71 |
• Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
Demonym | Hiesvillais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
50246 /50480 |
Elevation | 2–38 m (6.6–124.7 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Hiesville (French pronunciation: [jɛvil]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy, north-western France. [3] A small commune, Hiesville covers an area of just 4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi). It is bounded by Boutteville to the north, Blosville to the west, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont to the east, and Vierville to the south, and lies several kilometres from the Normandy coast.
The population was 70 as of 2019. [4] It was 148 in 1866. [5]
It was known as Hevilla in 1164, de Heevilla in 1180, and Hievilla in 1327. It derives from the Germanic personal name Hedo, and villa (translation: "village"). [6]
Michel le Loup, of Yeville (Hiesville), was knighted in the year 1543. [7] The nobleman and squire, Guillaume Bellot of Hiesville was knighted in 1594. [5] In 1598, Maurice du Praël owned the fiefdom and was the Lord of Hiesville. [8] Eight years later, in 1606, the noblemen of Hiesville included Jacques Richier, Sieur de Colombières, a Calvinist; Jacques Bellot, Sieur de Callouville; and Pierre Lelong, Sieur de Limarcst, also a Calvinist. [8] By 1789, Lord of Hiesville was Joseph-Bon-Pierre Le Vavasseur. [5]
There are three memorials related to the invasion of Normandy during World War II in the area as it was where the gliders of the 101st Airborne Division landed. [9] [10] Officers of the 101st Airborne Division set a hospital up at the Chateau de Colombières which was at the north end of Hiesville, [11] near Utah Beach. [12]
Notable buildings include the Église Saint-Côme Saint-Damien [13] and the 17th century Château de Hiesville which was also renovated in the 19th century.
Église Saint-Côme Saint-Damien, the parish church, is an oblong square, and consists of a chancel and a nave. Built in the 13th century and renovated in the 19th century, it is dedicated to the patron saints of Saints Cosmas and Damian. [5] Since 1803, it was an annex of Blosville, but this relationship ended in 1856. [8]