Auberville
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Auberville ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.<ref>Commune d'Auberville (14024), INSEE Template:In lang</ref>
GeographyEdit
Auberville is located on the northern Normandy coast some 8 km east by north-east of Cabourg and 13 km south-west of Deauville. Access to the commune is by road D513 from Houlgate in the west which passes through the village and continues north-east to Villers-sur-Mer. The D163 branches off the D513 in the village and goes south to Branville. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Les Genets, Les Bruyeres, and Le Manoir. The north of the commune is forested along the coast with slopes down to the beach while the rest of the commune is farmland.<ref name=Google>Google Maps</ref>
ToponymyEdit
The name was attested in the form Osbertivilla in 1082.<ref name="adcr">Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Larousse, Paris, 1963 Template:In lang</ref> It came from the Germanic anthroponym Osbert<ref name="adcr"/> or alternatively from the Scandinavian Osbern<ref>René Lepelley, Etymological dictionary of names of communes in Normandy, Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996 Template:ISBN, BnF 36174448w, p. 52 Template:In lang</ref> and the old French ville (from the Latin villa) in its original sense of "rural domain".
HistoryEdit
Archaeological excavations have found Merovingian tombs.
AdministrationEdit
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=Template:AmboxTemplate:Main other }} List of Successive Mayors<ref>List of Mayors of France Template:In lang</ref>
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | William Lemarchand | ||
| 2008 | 2020 | Antoine Grieu | Foreman | |
| 2020 | 2026 | Bertrand Chirot |
DemographyEdit
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubervillais or Aubervillaises in French.<ref>Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr</ref>
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Sites and monumentsEdit
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- The Church of Sainte-Barbe, from the 13th century with a bell-gable.
- Falaises des Vaches Noires (the site of Chaos).
- The War memorial at Auberville commemorates the victims of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the First World War, and the Second World War.
Notable people linked to the communeEdit
- Paul Ernest Dupont (1816-1891), painter, he stayed at Villers and came to paint at Auberville<ref>Pays d'Auge, September/October 2012, 62nd year, No. 5 ISSN 1149-3305 Template:In lang</ref><ref>Programme of expositions 2014 - Le Villare - Villers-sur-Mer, Paul Ernest Dupont Template:In lang</ref>
- Pierre Ucciani (1851-1939), Corsican painter, he stayed at Cabourg and at Villers and came to paint at Auberville<ref name="Pays d'Auge 2">Pays d'Auge, March/April 2012, 62nd year, No. 2, ISSN 1149-3305 Template:In lang</ref><ref>Programme of expositions 2014 - Le Villare - Villers-sur-Mer, Pierre Ucciani Template:In lang</ref>
- Julien Turbiau (1876-1934), doctor and amateur painter, he stayed at Villers and came to paint at Auberville<ref name="Pays d'Auge 2" /><ref>Programme of expositions 2014 - Le Villare - Villers-sur-Mer, Julien Turbiau Template:In lang</ref>
- Marie-Renée Ucciani, (1883-1963), painter and sculptor, she stayed at Villers and came to paint at Auberville<ref name="Pays d'Auge 2" /><ref>Programme of expositions 2014 - Le Villare - Villers-sur-Mer, Marie-Renée Ucciani Template:In lang"</ref>
- Claude Lelouch (born in 1937) director, producer, actor, screenwriter, he had a second home at Auberville<ref>Jean-Pierre Beuve, Summer special: Normandy - Houses of stars, Le Point, No. 1822, 16 August 2007, Read online, consulted on 9 November 2009 Template:In lang
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Auberville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Template:In lang
- Auberville on the 1750 Cassini Map