Municipality of Vierville-sur-Mer
Municipal Information - Bulletin No. 2 - May 2003
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Mayor's Editorial Our municipal bulletin, designed to create a link between elected officials, residents and associations, now reserves a place of choice for the history of our village. For this summer issue, Mr. Cordelle takes us to the beach to discover the old port of Vierville; reading this page and the walk that can follow will be all links with the past of our village. Would History be just an eternal restart? The construction of the "Mulberry A" in June 1944 is likely to accredit this thesis since the American artificial port was implanted on the very site of the old port! A few days before June 6, 2003, our energy is already focused on the organization of the commemorative landing ceremonies scheduled for June 2004. The "sixtieth" will be the subject of the next issue of the municipal bulletin. Good summer to all!!! Jean-Marie Oxéant |
Summary Mayor's Editorial Practical information Municipal Councils in 2003 History of Vierville: the old port of the 16thth century And on the 4th page: the rest of the practical information, activities, services, shops, associations. Note on June 6, wreath deposit at the United States National Guard Monument, at 11:35 a.m. On May 23, in town hall, the pot of friendship was held, on the occasion of the departure of Mr. Miguel Bazire whose employment contract has come to an end. |
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Practical information Town hall: Opening hours: Monday and Friday 10:30-12:00 Tel.: 02.31.22.42.66 Fax: 02.31.21.38.57 La Poste: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mail up from Monday to Friday at 4:30 p.m., And on Saturday at 11:30 am. Party room: capacity 100 people, information at the City Hall. Cult: mass in Vierville on Sunday at 10:00 am (9:45 a.m. on June 8, no mass on July 27) Firefighters: Tel. 18 Gendarmerie: Tel. 02 31 22 51 03, or 17 SAMU: Tel. 15 Disposal facilities Since May 1er, the SEROC union has taken over the management of the Port-en-Bessin waste disposal facility and the access card must be replaced. The new card is obtained at the town hall from 1er June 2003. New waste disposal facilities are gradually being put into service in the West of Bessin by SEROC. Their locations (especially in Ecrammeville) and schedules will be specified later. Sanitation The wastewater collection network and the treatment plant were put into operation on April 18, 2003. This collective network concerns only part of the Commune, the other parts of the Commune being treated individually. The owners concerned have been notified, so that they ensure their connection to the collective network. |
Tennis Club Viervillais: an outdoor court open all year round from 8am to 10pm. Information: Multi-Service Grocery Tel. 02 31 51 08 05 Household Waste: From September 15 to June 15, removal early on Tuesday morning (postponed to Wednesday if Monday or Tuesday are holidays). Cumbers: a scrap collection is scheduled for June 10. The bulky must be deposited at the Port-en-Bessin waste disposal facility, open on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., on Tuesday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., closed on Thursday. These schedules could be modified later (display in town hall). Waste sorting and recycling Containers are at your disposal, rue de la Chasse aux Prix, for glasses, paper and plastic and metallic packaging. Take care to respect the sorting, because sorting errors result in additional costs charged to our taxes. In addition, make sure not to deposit household waste on the space reserved for containers. Identity cards and passports The list of documents to be provided is available at the City Hall. This list is sometimes complex, depending on the special cases that arise. Allow significant deadlines, 6 weeks for an Identity Card, 2 weeks for a Passport, from the submission of a complete file accepted by the administration. Library It is open to all at the following times: Mondays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the City Hall. The secretariat will take the registrations. |
The Municipal Councils in 2003
City Council of February 11, 2003:
Road work planned for 2003: Work on a sidewalk on Pavée Street, on a section of the road to Vacqueville, on a road to the Fosses Taillis, and on the church parking lot and the adjacent street.
Amendment of the Statutes of the SDEC for compliance with the Electricity Act.
For a review of the POS, a study mission will have to be requested from a consulting firm. Indeed, the SRU law effectively modifies the buildability of land.
The Tourist Office no longer exists, following the resignation of its Office. Intercom Trévières is now responsible for tourism-related activities.
To facilitate the postal service, residents of Pavée Street will be offered to set up plates bearing the number assigned by the town hall. A price was requested from the LAISNEY Company of Bayeux.
Municipal Council of March 26, 2003:
Modification of the Statutes of the Community of Municipalities of Trévières, which takes care of the payment of beach supervisors. Accommodation and equipment remain the responsibility of the Municipality.
The distribution of road credits (which are the responsibility of Intercom Trévières) takes into account the lengths of sidewalks in each municipality.
The administrative account of expenditure and revenue for 2002 and the 2003 budget are approved.
Below is the comparison of the original budget with the actual achievements (investment and operation combined)
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EXPENDITH |
Budget 2002 |
Realized 2002 |
Budget 2003 |
RECIPES |
Budget 2002 |
Realized 2002 |
Budget 2003 |
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Operating and unforeseen expenses |
34237 |
40368 |
44742 |
Products of services and exceptional products |
6177 |
6813 |
5565 |
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Personnel expenses, etc. allowances and expenses |
123860 |
117945 |
100430 |
Taxes and fees, excluding household waste |
65291 |
64404 |
66577 |
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CEG Trévières payment |
1200 |
1200 |
1500 |
Operating Grants and Endowments |
100919 |
101978 |
91411 |
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Fire Service Payment |
5165 |
5164 |
7148 |
Income from Municipal Buildings |
13500 |
13445 |
15050 |
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CEG Transport Payment |
336 |
336 |
420 |
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Grants Associations |
7636 |
6104 |
3280 |
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Payment to SIROM |
28321 |
28321 |
24900 |
Household Waste Taxes |
28321 |
28321 |
24885 |
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Interest on loans |
5653 |
4575 |
7810 |
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Purchase mower (2003) |
1500 |
VAT refunded |
700 |
666 |
1070 |
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Dike repair (2003) |
7650 |
Investment grants, TLE |
11483 |
35098 |
7017 |
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School work (2003) |
1532 |
Contracted loan |
16405 |
16247 |
0 |
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Safety boat (2002) |
7200 |
5749 |
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Beach lighting (2002) |
27445 |
57943 |
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Amortization of loans |
14443 |
10022 |
12607 |
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Internal transfers |
32471 |
11971 |
36905 |
Internal transfers |
32471 |
11971 |
36905 |
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Excess revenue to be postponed |
0 |
1944 |
0 |
Previous Excess Deferred |
12700 |
12699 |
1944 |
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Total operating dep. |
226908 |
205957 |
205432 |
Total operating revenues |
226908 |
227660 |
205432 |
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Total investment dep. |
61059 |
85685 |
44992 |
Total investment revenue |
61059 |
63982 |
44992 |
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Total expenses |
287967 |
291642 |
250424 |
Total revenue |
287967 |
291642 |
250424 |
Contacts were made with the Environment Administration (DIREN) to identify possible development projects as part of Operation "Grand Sites" in the historic sector of Omaha Beach. In particular, the following were mentioned:
- the development of access to the seaside,
- the creation of a classified site extending from the beach to the ridge line of the cliffs,
- the development of a pedestrian path on the plateau between Vierville and Saint-Laurent,
- the development of the surroundings of the pontoon,
- the opportunity to modify zoning at the P.O.S.,
- the burial of the telephone cable on Boulevard de Cauvigny.
In addition, the SDEC is considering the underground in stages of the Low Voltage power lines that extend into the cliff along the beach.
A little history of Vierville: The former port of Vierville-sur-Mer
In the Middle Ages, with the absence of suitable cart paths, cabotage on the coasts had developed a lot. The ships, of small size, were tanned on the strike with chambers. Sometimes a basin was dug in the dunes near the sea that allowed ships to be accommodated on the high seas. They thus ran aground in the low-sea basin and could leave at the next high tide.
The examination of the beach and old documents shows that Vierville certainly had a small port of this kind in the 16th century and that it disappeared during the 17th century. What do we see on the beach today?
About 200 meters from the point where the boulevard de Cauvigny begins, we can discern a vast area of scattered stones, often covered by sand. These stones contrast with their large pebbles usually deposited by the sea. They are often hard sandstones, different from limestones from nearby cliffs. Sometimes these blocks have kept a regular shape of large stones cut and perfectly aligned.
In 1937, Mr. Campserveux, a surveyor, was able to take advantage of a particularly favorable period when the sand had withdrawn from the area, to make a precise survey of everything he saw. This survey was confirmed by more recent observations in 1988.
Mr. Campserveux's plan is reproduced here. It shows the dock walls of a small asymmetrical basin dug into the underlying peat and now filled with pebbles and sand.
Some of these docks are lined with wooden piles, very worn, but which have survived the centuries.
In addition, regular alignments of piles on the beach, in the middle of large stone fields, may have formed 2 piers advancing in "V" towards the sea.
Extract from the map of Jean Petite, engraved in 1675, bearing the mention
"Old Port"
[Vierville sur Mer was then called
"Vierville on the Sea"]
Jean Petite, canon of Bayeux, had dedicated his card to Bishop of Nesmond, Bishop of Bayeux.
In an avess of the fief of Vierville-Fontenay of June 19, 1604, Jehan du Mesnil, squire lord of the said fief, declares to have "Right of varech and engraving (Right to collect wrecks, now reserved for the State) In the strike of the sea and hâvre that Robert and Guillaume du Mesnil, escuiers, my ancestor and father, had built and vuider, make docks and cabestan (Vertical axis winch) On the said engraving and plague of the sea in lad, parish of Vierville. "
Jehan du Mesnil was the son of Robert, who was the son of Tristan du Mesnil and Catherine de Bailleul. Tristan was the son of the port builder, Guillaume du Mesnil. Guillaume du Mesnil could have been about 50 years old around the year 1500, and he could therefore have already had the port of Vierville built.
The people of Mesnil owned in Vierville the fiefs, called of Laubert and Courcy, and in Louvières that of Fontenay. They had as heirs the Leonards, first sieurs de Beaupré, then sieurs des Isles. They lived in the domain of this name which now belongs to the Ygouf family in Vierville.
All these remains mark the location of the harbor or the small port that once existed in Vierville. It could be that these somewhat disparate remains correspond to various stages of construction and reconstructions that may have spread throughout the 16th century.
The level review shows that when the basin was dug, the high sea level was certainly lower than it is now, about 2 meters probably. The sea would therefore have risen for 4 centuries, with an average speed of 50 cm per century, which is not extraordinary. We know that the sea level was, 10 or 12,000 years ago, at the end of the ice age, about 40 m lower than today. The English Channel and the North Sea were plains that were gradually covered by the sea. The Strait of Pas-de-Calais was only opened 6 or 7000 years ago.
It was probably not this rise of the sea that abandoned the port, it was too slow. But rather the cost of his maintenance. It had to be constantly invaded by sand that had to be removed without mechanical means. After a while and perhaps at the end of the 16th century, we had to give it up. Then the sea rose, covering a port filled with sand and abandoned, as we see it today.
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MORE PRACTICAL INFORMATION Hotels-Restaurants Casino Hotel: Tel.: 02.31.22.41.02 - Fax: 02.31.22.41.12 Hôtel de la Pie qui Tète: Tel.: 02.31.22.40.09 Restaurants La Plage d'Or, Brewery: Tel.: 02.31.22.40.30 Crêpe shop: Tel.: 02.31.22.44.47 Camping: Mr. and Mrs. Chitel, Tel.: 02.31.22.41.73 Gîtes, Bed and Breakfast, Furnished: according to the list available at the City Hall. Shops: Grocery store, bread deposit: Mr. GODARD - Pavée Street - Tel.: 02.31.51.08.05 Buchery-charcuterie: M. LEMAROIS - Paved Street - Tel.: 02.31.22.40.07 Garage / service station / breakdown: Mr. and Mrs. GICQUIAU - Route de Port-en-Bessin - Tel.: 02.31.22.40.18 Bazar de la Plage d'Or (beach and fishing articles, souvenirs, press): Mr. and Mrs. HAMEL - 14, bd de Cauvigny - Tel.: 02.31.22.40.30 Friends of the Beach Contact: Danièle GUILLOTTE, tel. 02 31 22 60 41 In 2003, the Association planned:
New Year's Eve on December 31 "Militaria" Scholarship As last year, on the initiative of the Nantes association CVMA (Collectors of Old Military Vehicles), a sale and exchange for collectors is scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2003. |
D.Day Omaha Museum open from 1er April to November 11 and, at the request of groups, off-season Contact: Mr. Brissard - Tel.: 02.31.21.71.80 - Fax: 02.31.21.71.80. Website: http://www.dday-omaha.com/ Email: dday-omaha@day-omaha.com Communal Center for Social Action The Centre Communal d'Action Sociale organizes several events during the year, especially for the elders of the village: Sunday, January 26: galette des rois, Wednesday, June 11: excursion with a visit to the village of potters of GER and a show of percherons horses. In the fall: the elders of Vierville will be gathered for the annual meal. The youngest residents (up to 12 years old) are invited to meet Santa Claus on the Saturday before Christmas. Vierville-St-Laurent Hunting Society Contact: René LENOURICHEL 02.31.22.40.27 Hunting and repopulation practice with a ball-trap in July. Viervillais Educational Leisure Contact: Georgette RACINE 02.31.22.40.83 - Manual activities or games, various outings. Annual fee: 8 euros From September to June, every Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with an exhibition on the 2ndth Sunday of August. The General Assembly of October 15, 2002 studied the program of activities: patchwork, embroidery (Bayeux, ribbon, etc.), painting on fabric. Regularly, scrabble games in duplicate and belote. On November 9, 2003, participation in the Fête " Autour de la Pomme" in Trévières, organized by the Maison des Associations. In December, participation in the Telethon. Old Combatants Contact: Henri Guédon, tel. 02.31.22.49.83 - Participation in memorial events on May 8, June 6 and November 11. |
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Cadastre You can now consult and print extracts from the cadastral plan of Vierville sur Mer on the General Council's website: "www.cg14.fr" OMAHA-BEACH BEDFORD Association (VA) For the year 2003, it is planned in particular from August 22 to 25 (dates to be confirmed), a friendly trip to Ivybridge in England, where the Americans stayed before landing in Vierville at the dawn of June 6, 1944. The Association is actively preparing the 60th Anniversary in June 2004, with two projects: On the one hand, in the first half of June 2004, bring together young Americans from Bedford (VA), young English people from Ivybridge and young Germans from Altena to participate in official events. The Association "Memory, Freedom, Citizenship" of Bayeux is a partner of this project. On the other hand, around June 6, 2004, gather for lunch the witnesses of the landing who lived in one of the municipalities of the Association. To join this association, contact: Philippe YGOUF. Phone: 02 31 21 30 98 Fax: 02 31 22 25 49. E/mail: philippe.ygouf@laposte.net Contribution: 16 Euro. |
REMINDER: Planned housing improvement assistance: OPAH An OPAH is currently underway, which aims to help people wishing to improve the comfort of their home in terms of heating, sanitary, insulation, waterproofing. This operation, which began on 1er January 2001, ended on 31 December 2003. Those who want to take advantage of it must urgently make themselves known to the Intercom office in Trévières (Tel. 02 31 92 78 70). OPAH permanence in Trévières every Tuesday morning, 10:30 a.m. / 12:00 p.m. News from the Intercom The 2002 accounts and the 2003 budget were approved. The Maison de l'Intercom is now under construction on the Formigny site, with completion scheduled for 2004. The project of a future nautical base in Colleville is progressing, annexes are being considered in St-Laurent and Vierville. The improvement and marking of the hiking trails are supported by the ADTLB. The pole contract provides for a study of possible developments in the village of Vierville. |