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As part of the Raymond Marcellin plan to reduce the number of municipalities, the commune of Norrey-en-Bessin (228 inhabitants in 1963), merged with that of Saint-Manvieu (611 inhabitants) on 1 July 1972. The mayors of the Mrs. Degasteblet for Norrey and Mr. Imhof for Saint-Manvieu.
The commune was formed in 1972, with the merger of the two former communes of Norrey-en-Bessin and Saint-Manvieu.
Name
The name of the locality is attested in the form S. Manveus around 840.[3] Manvieu is a bishop of Bayeux of the 5th century.
Concerning the merged commune, the locality is attested in the form Norreis in 1198 The toponym would come from the Latin nucarium, "walnut".
In 1926, the name of Bessin is deputy in the name of the commune.[4]
The gentile is Manorey.
Landmarks
Manoir de la Mare today hosting a traditionalist Catholic high school. Built in the seventeenth century by Pierre le Marchand in a typical style of Bessin architecture, it is listed as a historical monument since 30 August 2000[5]
Notre-Dame-des-Labours Church of Norrey-en-Bessin (11th century), listed as a historical monument since 1840[6]
The old church Saint-Manvieu, located in the cemetery, built in the thirteenth century, rebuilt in the seventeenth century. The seigniorial chapel is listed as a historic monument since 24 January 1918 and the choir is inscribed since 16 May 1927, as was the bell tower destroyed in 1944[7]
Castle Marcelet, eighteenth century.
Saint-Manvieu Church (20th century, Reconstruction).
Population
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^Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, (Paris, Larousse, 1963)
^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui, « Notice communale - Norrey-en-Bessin » [archive], sur EHESS [archive], École des hautes études en sciences sociales (consulté le 25 août 2015)
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