commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Seine-Maritime
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département
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Normandy
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region of northern
France
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Geography
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farming
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village situated by the banks of the river Crevon in the
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs o ...
, some northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D12, D7 and the D98 roads.
Toponymy
Medieval place-name in ''-ville'' (from Gallo-Romance VILLA 'farm, estate'). Mentioned as ''Bleduinvilla'' in 1050 - 1060. Probably ''*Bladwinus'' 'estate, Germanic name ''*Bladwinus'' is never recorded, but belongs possibly to the developments of the anthroponymic element ''blad''. A similar name can be recognized in Blainville-sur-l'Eau (''Villa Bladini'' 10th century) 'the estate of ''Bladinus'' '
Crevon is a former parrish (''Chevron'' 1068 - 76, ''Kevron'' 13th century, ''Quevron'' → 16th). Crevon is the metathesis of the Norman ''Quevron'', that is ''chevron'' 'beam' in French, that is to say "beam to cross the stream". Now the stream itself is called Crevon. Similar Norman place-name in
Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.Hébécrevon
Hébécrevon () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Thèreval.Hébert
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Herbert
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* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
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History
It appeared for the first time in a charter by
William the Conqueror
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motte
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. Becoming the possession of the Mauquenchy family, Blainville, became a true fortress and was subsequently confiscated by the English at the beginning of the Hundred Years War and again in 1435. Later it became the possession of Jean d'Estouteville, who restored the castle and founded the college. During the French reconquest of Normandy, Henry IV held a council of war at Blainville castle on the eve of the fall of Rouen. The last owners, the Colbert-Seignelay family, demolished the old castle and built a chateau. The Chateau de Blainville was completely razed during the
French Revolution
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Around 1820, the two neighbouring villages of St-Arnoult and Crevon were joined with Blainville to become Blainville-Crevon.
It is a village of art, culture and history. A festival of world music named "Archeo-Jazz" takes place here annually at the end of June, in the ruins of the
medieval
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castle.
Heraldry
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Michel, dating from the 15th century.
* The ruins of the 13th-century castle of Ac.
* The château de Mondétour, dating from the 18th century.
People with links to the commune
*
Marcel Duchamp
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...
(1887–1968), painter and sculptor, was born here.
* Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963), his sister, also a painter.