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Barfleur in the Basse-Normandie

Thursday, 13 November 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
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🔊 Listen to this Post Barfleur is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France, on the Cotentin Peninsula at the English Channel.

Barfleur has been labelled as a Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (“The most beautiful villages of France”). The entereing critieria say: the population of the village must not exceed 2,000 inhabitants, there must be at least 2 protected areas (picturesque or legendary sites, or sites of scientific, artistic or historic interest), and the decision to apply must be taken by the town council.

In the Middle Ages Barfleur was one of the chief ports of embarkation for England. In 1066, a large medallion fixed to a rock in the harbour marks the Norman departure from Barfleur before the Battle of Hastings. In 1120, the White Ship, carrying Prince William, only legitimate son of Henry I of England, went down outside the harbour, setting the stage for the period of civil war in England known as The Anarchy.

The related naval battles of Barfleur and La Hogue took place between 29 May and 4 June, 1692. The first action took place near Barfleur; later actions were at Cherbourg and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in the Cotentin peninsula. It was the decisive naval battle of the Nine Years’ War, known to the British as the War of the English Succession.

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