Querqueville

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Querqueville

|image = Querqueville-vue-rade.jpg

|caption = View of the cemetery

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Querqueville (Manche).svg

|arrondissement = Cherbourg

|canton = La Hague

|INSEE = 50416

|postal code = 50460

|commune = Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

|coordinates = {{coord|49.6642|-1.6939|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 50

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 115

|area km2 = 5.56

|population = 4957

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}

|demonym = Querquevillais

|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316014340/http://www.ville-querqueville.fr/ www.ville-querqueville.fr]

}}

Image:Querqueville-vue-rade.jpg

Querqueville ({{IPA|fr|kɛʁkəvil}}) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/1/INTB1529848A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 1 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}

The Chapel of Saint Germanus (Chapelle Saint-Germain) with its trefoil floorplan incorporates elements of one of the earliest surviving places of Christian worship in the Cotentin Peninsula - perhaps second only to the Gallo-Roman baptistry at Port-Bail.

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

| img1=Blason ville fr Querqueville (Manche).svg

| legend1=Arms of Querqueville

| text=The arms of Querqueville are blazoned:
Gules, a trefoil chapel Or, pierced and open sable, on a chief azure, three bees Or.

}}

History

During WII, Querqueville Airfield (Advanced Landing Ground) was rebuilt on a former French Navy airfield.

See also

References

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Category:Former communes of Manche

Category:Populated coastal places in France

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