Bec-de-Mortagne

French commune
name= Bec-de-Mortagne
region=Haute-Normandie
department=Seine-Maritime
arrondissement=Le Havre
canton= Goderville
insee=76068
cp=76110
maire=Pascal Mabire
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=
longitude=0.448333333333
latitude=49.7047222222
alt moy=50 m
alt mini=32 m
alt maxi=135 m
hectares=1194
km²=11,94
sans=615
date-sans=1999
dens=51|

Bec-de-Mortagne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime "département" of the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the wooded valley of the river Ganzeville, in the Pays de Caux, some convert|19|mi|km northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D69 and the D28.

History

The name comes from ‘’Becr’’, a Norse word for stream, together with the name of the Mortagne family, seigneurs of the village.
Around 1175, Guillaume de Mortagne gave the parish church to the Archbishop of Rouen, ( Willelmi Becco of Moritania) who gave it to the chapter after his death, stipulating that the priest should have a third of the tithes and the canon two-thirds.
A knight, Henri de Soteville, sought possession of the church. He was excommunicated, but having later submitted, the excommunication was lifted.
In the thirteenth century, Bec-Moreteigne had 500 inhabitants and the parish priest was paid 15 pounds .
The year 1562 saw the formal civil status of Bec de Mortagne granted and in 1824 it was joined with the former parish of Baigneville to form the present commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Martin, dating from the 11th century.
* Traces of a medieval castle.
* An 18th century presbytery

See also

*Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=16259&req=Bec-de-Mortagne Bec-de-Mortagne on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on September 19th 2008."