Mesnil-Verclives

Mesnil-Verclives
Commune
The chateau of Verclives
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Coordinates: 49°19′16″N 1°28′05″E / 49.3211°N 1.4681°E / 49.3211; 1.4681Coordinates: 49°19′16″N 1°28′05″E / 49.3211°N 1.4681°E / 49.3211; 1.4681
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Les Andelys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lagrange
Area 1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	323
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27407 /27440
Elevation	92–173 m (302–568 ft) (avg. 147 m or 482 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mesnil-Verclives (French pronunciation: ​[mɛnil vɛʁkliv]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

Etymology[]

Old North French Mesnil 'house' and Verclives (Warcliva 11th century) Old English clif or Old Norse klif. Verclives is located on a small hill. The first element could be Old English waeter. In French intervocalic consonants weakened and erased.

Old English clif or Old Norse klif can be found in several place-names of Normandy such as Witeclive 'white cliff' former hamlet near Evreux; Carquelif (Caleclif 1224 in Saint-Martin-en-Campagne); Risleclif former hamlet near Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque; Mont Escalleclif (12th century, Doville); Mont Entenclin (Mont Estenclif 'stone cliff')...

The hill was used as an observation post at the battle of Brémule.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Eure department

References[]

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