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WONDER : le marais de la Sangsurière et de l'Adriennerie

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WONDER Troisième journée avec nos correspondants grecs : visite de la réserve de la Sangsurière et de l'Adriennerie avec Emmanuelle Bouillon. Les élèves de 5e du collège Barbey d'Aurevilly sont devenus ambassadeurs de leur territoire, en français e...

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J3  ▶️ Wetlands : Observe Nature, Discover Europe, React
👉La réserve de la Sangsurière et de l’Adriennerie
👉Enerterre
👉La formation sur matériau terre du Greta
👉La maison des marais de Marchésieux, habitat traditionnel 
@ClgBarbey @Erasmus_Project @PnrMCB 
🎬 à venir sur POD

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J3  ▶️ Wetlands : Observe Nature, Discover Europe, React
👉La réserve de la Sangsurière et de l’Adriennerie
👉Enerterre
👉La formation sur matériau terre du Greta
👉La maison des marais de Marchésieux, habitat traditionnel 
@ClgBarbey @Erasmus_Project @PnrMCB 
🎬 à venir sur POD https://t.co/3ivN7i64k4

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J3  ▶️ Wetlands : Observe Nature, Discover Europe, React
👉La réserve de la Sangsurière et de l’Adriennerie
👉Enerterre
👉La formation sur matériau terre du Greta
👉La maison des marais de Marchésieux, habitat traditionnel 
@ClgBarbey @Erasmus_Project @PnrMCB 
🎬 à venir sur POD https://t.co/3ivN7i64k4

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J3  ▶️ Wetlands : Observe Nature, Discover Europe, React
👉La réserve de la Sangsurière et de l’Adriennerie
👉Enerterre
👉La formation sur matériau terre du Greta
👉La maison des marais de Marchésieux, habitat traditionnel 
@ClgBarbey @Erasmus_Project @PnrMCB 
🎬 à venir sur POD https://t.co/3ivN7i64k4

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J3  ▶️ Wetlands : Observe Nature, Discover Europe, React
👉La réserve de la Sangsurière et de l’Adriennerie
👉Enerterre
👉La formation sur matériau terre du Greta
👉La maison des marais de Marchésieux, habitat traditionnel 
@ClgBarbey @Erasmus_Project @PnrMCB 
🎬 à venir sur POD

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WONDER : La Maison du Parc des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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WONDER Quatrième journée avec nos correspondants grecs : Maison du Parc naturel régional du Cotentin et du Bessin : découverte des différentes téchniques de construction des bâtiments en terre et découverte de la faune.

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WONDER Troisième journée avec nos correspondants grecs : la maison des marais à Marchésieu dans le parc naturel régional du Cotentin et du Bessin. La maison des marais est localisée au bord des marais. L'architecture de cette belle bâtisse, qui dat...

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WONDER Troisième journée avec nos correspondants grecs : Site du Bas-Quesnay, parc naturel régional du Cotentin et du Bessin : rencontre avec Laurent Bouyer, Olivier Dardagnan et Aurèle Tesson et découverte de l'association Enerterre et de la forma...

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Sainte-Mère-Église (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmɛʁeɡliz]) is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[5]

Sainte-Mère-Église lies in a flat area of the Cotentin Peninsula known locally as le Plain (as opposed to the standard French term la plaine).[6] The Plain is bounded on the west by the Merderet River and by the English channel to the east, and by the communes of Valognes and Carentan to the north and south, respectively. Besides Sainte-Mère-Église, the Plain's other major town is Montebourg, and its coast includes Utah Beach.

Although most of the Cotentin Peninsula belongs to the Armorican Massif, the Plain is part of the Paris Basin.[7] Argillaceous limestone from the Sinemurian[7] contributes to the region's dairy product appellation (AOC) Isigny-Sainte-Mère, which it shares with Bessin.

Horse breeding has long been practiced in the Plain, which is regarded as the cradle of the Anglo-Norman horse breed, the product of English stallions and mares from the Cotentin Peninsula.[8]

Founded in the eleventh century, the earliest records (1080-1082) include the name Sancte Marie Ecclesia, Latin for "Church of St. Mary", while a later document written in Norman-French (1317) mentions Saincte Mariglise. The current French form of the name is ambiguous, with the additional meaning, " Holy Mother Church".

The town was involved in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion.

D-Day battle Edit

The town played a significant part in the World War II Normandy landings because of its position in the middle of route N13, which the Germans would have used to counterattack Allied landings on Utah and Omaha Beaches. In the early morning of 6 June 1944, mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Mission Boston, making it one of the first towns liberated in the invasion.

The early airborne landings, at about 1:40 a.m., resulted in heavy casualties. Some buildings in town caught fire that night, illuminating the sky, and making easy targets of the descending men. Some were killed by the fire. Many hanging from trees and utility poles were shot.

A well-known incident involved paratrooper John Steele of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), whose parachute caught on the spire of the town church. He hung there for two hours, pretending to be dead until the Germans took him prisoner. Steele later escaped and rejoined his division when U.S. troops of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment attacked the village, capturing 30 Germans and killing 11. The incident was portrayed in the movie The Longest Day by actor Red Buttons.

The village in 1944

At 5 a.m., a force led by Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Krause of the 505th PIR took the town with little resistance. Allegedly, the German garrison was confused and had retired for the night. However, heavy German counterattacks began later in the day and into the next. The lightly armed troops held the town until reinforced by tanks from nearby Utah Beach in the afternoon of 7June.

Krause and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort received the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions during the capture of the town. Sgt. George Bowler Tullidge III received the Bronze Star; his parents would distribute A Paratrooper's Faith, a collection of Tullidge's letters home plus Bible verses, throughout the 82nd Airborne until 1995. 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Tighe of the 70th Tank Battalion was killed when his tank was hit by German artillery fire on the morning of June 7; he received the Silver Star posthumously.[9]

Paratrooper Henry Langrehr crashed through a greenhouse roof, as retold in The Longest Day. On 6November 2007, he received the Legion of Honour medal from the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy along with five other men.

Heraldry Edit

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The arms of Sainte-Mère-Église are blazoned:

Azure, a church Argent roofed Or charged with the capital letters Alpha and Omega Sable, issuant from a base Gules charged with a léopard d'or; in chief 2 mullets Argent hanging from parachutes Argent.

(On a blue background; a white/silver church, roofed with yellow/gold, marked with the capital letters Alpha and Omega in black. The red base contains a yellow/gold lion walking to the left. At the top; two white/silver stars hang from white/silver parachutes.)

Tourism in Sainte-Mère-Église today centers on its role in the D-Day invasion. There are many small museums (such as the Airborne Museum) and World War II-related gift shops and eating places. A dummy paratrooper hangs from the church spire, commemorating the story of John Steele.

Behind the church is a spring, believed by pilgrims to have healing powers, dedicated to Saint Mewan (Saint Méen).

Sainte-Mère-Église is twinned with the English village Sturminster Marshall.

Parachute Memorial in Sainte-Mère-Église

Sainte-Mère-Église Church.

Church bell tower with dummy parachutist.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

^ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

^ INSEE commune file

^ Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2015 (in French)

^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 December 2018 (in French)

^ Plain Wikimanche.

^ Guide géologique Normandie Maine. Editions DUNOD. 2ème édition. Page75. a ISBN 2-10-050695-1.b

Rémy Villand, " Au pays des herbages et des marais ", ^ La Manche au passé et au présent, éd. Manche-Tourisme, 1984, p. 49.

^ Armor in Operation Neptune (Establishment of the Normandy Beachhead), a research report prepared by Committee 10, Officers Advanced Course, the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, May 1949, page 34

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Sainte-Mère-Église (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmɛʁeɡliz]) is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[5] Sainte-Mère-Église lies

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Sainte-Mère-Église (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmɛʁeɡliz]) is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[5]

Sainte-Mère-Église lies in a flat area of the Cotentin Peninsula known locally as le Plain (as opposed to the standard French term la plaine).[6] The Plain is bounded on the west by the Merderet River and by the English channel to the east, and by the communes of Valognes and Carentan to the north and south, respectively. Besides Sainte-Mère-Église, the Plain's other major town is Montebourg, and its coast includes Utah Beach.

Although most of the Cotentin Peninsula belongs to the Armorican Massif, the Plain is part of the Paris Basin.[7] Argillaceous limestone from the Sinemurian[7] contributes to the region's dairy product appellation (AOC) Isigny-Sainte-Mère, which it shares with Bessin.

Horse breeding has long been practiced in the Plain, which is regarded as the cradle of the Anglo-Norman horse breed, the product of English stallions and mares from the Cotentin Peninsula.[8]

Founded in the eleventh century, the earliest records (1080-1082) include the name Sancte Marie Ecclesia, Latin for "Church of St. Mary", while a later document written in Norman-French (1317) mentions Saincte Mariglise. The current French form of the name is ambiguous, with the additional meaning, " Holy Mother Church".

The town was involved in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion.

D-Day battle Edit

The town played a significant part in the World War II Normandy landings because of its position in the middle of route N13, which the Germans would have used to counterattack Allied landings on Utah and Omaha Beaches. In the early morning of 6 June 1944, mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Mission Boston, making it one of the first towns liberated in the invasion.

The early airborne landings, at about 1:40 a.m., resulted in heavy casualties. Some buildings in town caught fire that night, illuminating the sky, and making easy targets of the descending men. Some were killed by the fire. Many hanging from trees and utility poles were shot.

A well-known incident involved paratrooper John Steele of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), whose parachute caught on the spire of the town church. He hung there for two hours, pretending to be dead until the Germans took him prisoner. Steele later escaped and rejoined his division when U.S. troops of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment attacked the village, capturing 30 Germans and killing 11. The incident was portrayed in the movie The Longest Day by actor Red Buttons.

The village in 1944

At 5 a.m., a force led by Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Krause of the 505th PIR took the town with little resistance. Allegedly, the German garrison was confused and had retired for the night. However, heavy German counterattacks began later in the day and into the next. The lightly armed troops held the town until reinforced by tanks from nearby Utah Beach in the afternoon of 7June.

Krause and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort received the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions during the capture of the town. Sgt. George Bowler Tullidge III received the Bronze Star; his parents would distribute A Paratrooper's Faith, a collection of Tullidge's letters home plus Bible verses, throughout the 82nd Airborne until 1995. 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Tighe of the 70th Tank Battalion was killed when his tank was hit by German artillery fire on the morning of June 7; he received the Silver Star posthumously.[9]

Paratrooper Henry Langrehr crashed through a greenhouse roof, as retold in The Longest Day. On 6November 2007, he received the Legion of Honour medal from the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy along with five other men.

Heraldry Edit

blazon1

The arms of Sainte-Mère-Église are blazoned:

Azure, a church Argent roofed Or charged with the capital letters Alpha and Omega Sable, issuant from a base Gules charged with a léopard d'or; in chief 2 mullets Argent hanging from parachutes Argent.

(On a blue background; a white/silver church, roofed with yellow/gold, marked with the capital letters Alpha and Omega in black. The red base contains a yellow/gold lion walking to the left. At the top; two white/silver stars hang from white/silver parachutes.)

Tourism in Sainte-Mère-Église today centers on its role in the D-Day invasion. There are many small museums (such as the Airborne Museum) and World War II-related gift shops and eating places. A dummy paratrooper hangs from the church spire, commemorating the story of John Steele.

Behind the church is a spring, believed by pilgrims to have healing powers, dedicated to Saint Mewan (Saint Méen).

Sainte-Mère-Église is twinned with the English village Sturminster Marshall.

Parachute Memorial in Sainte-Mère-Église

Sainte-Mère-Église Church.

Church bell tower with dummy parachutist.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

^ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

^ INSEE commune file

^ Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2015 (in French)

^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 December 2018 (in French)

^ Plain Wikimanche.

^ Guide géologique Normandie Maine. Editions DUNOD. 2ème édition. Page75. a ISBN 2-10-050695-1.b

Rémy Villand, " Au pays des herbages et des marais ", ^ La Manche au passé et au présent, éd. Manche-Tourisme, 1984, p. 49.

^ Armor in Operation Neptune (Establishment of the Normandy Beachhead), a research report prepared by Committee 10, Officers Advanced Course, the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, May 1949, page 34

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Sainte-Mère-Église (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmɛʁeɡliz]) is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.[5] Sainte-Mère-Église lies