Versainville is a common French, located in the department of the Calvados and the area Basse-Normandie.

Geography

Versainville is located at about thirty km in the south of Caen, in the vicinity immediate of Falaise, in the department of the Apple-brandy (Lower Normandy).

History

The origin of the name Versainville is very discussed. Some claim that it would be about the property of certain Versanus or Versinius, Roman. As of the paleolithic one, there is a human presence on the site of Versainville, presence attested by the discovery of tools and flint glares. In 1994, archaeological work is completed and is discovered with the place says “Crossroads of the Fastener”, an enclosure of approximately 5.200 m ² attesting presence of a Gallic tribe at the iron age (approximately 200 to 50 years front JC).

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The Château of Versainville which dates from the 18th century was the subject of many descriptions:

“The castle rises in the middle of a park with the secular trees. One enters the main courtyard by an iron grid which goes back to Louis XIV. A large body of home is connected to a gallery, which a house finishes on the left; ” H. Soulange-Bodin (castles of Normandy) “Versainville, splendid besides and of princely will. Large traditional frontage in its solemn ordinance. ” Varende (By Mounts and Wonders of Normandy)

Personalities related to the commune

• François-Joseph de Marguerit
• Count Pierre of Rochefoucauld, duke of the Rock-Guyon
• Bernard of Rochefoucauld

See too

• Common of the Apple-brandy

External bonds

• Castle of versainville
• Versainville on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Versainville on the site of INSEE
• Versainville on the site of Quid
• Localization of Versainville on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Versainville on Mapquest

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