Mesnil-Verclives

Mesnil-Verclives
Mesnil-Verclives
Location within Upper Normandy region  Mesnil-Verclives
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Fleury-sur-Andelle
Intercommunality	Les Andelys et ses Environs
Mayor	Christian De Coninck (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	92–173 m (302–568 ft) (avg. 147 m/482 ft)
Land area1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population2	272  (2008)
- Density	27 /km2 (70 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	27407/ 27440
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°19′16″N 1°28′05″E / 49.3211111111°N 1.46805555556°E / 49.3211111111; 1.46805555556

Mesnil-Verclives is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie 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

Historical population of Mesnil-Verclives

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
173	180	142	165	203	218	272

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE