Querqueville

Querqueville
View of the cemetery
Coat of arms
Querqueville
Location within Lower Normandy region Querqueville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Équeurdreville-Hainneville
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine de Cherbourg (CUC)
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Michel Maggle
Area1	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,536
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50416 / 50460
Elevation	0–115 m (0–377 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
Website	www.ville-querqueville.fr
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.

View of Querqueville from the cemetery

Querqueville is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. It is now part of the commune Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.

The Chapel of Saint Germanus (Chapelle Saint-Germain) with its trefoil floorplan incorporates elements of one of the earliest surviving places of Christian worship in the Cotentin Peninsula - perhaps second only to the Gallo-Roman baptistry at Port-Bail.

Heraldry

The arms of Querqueville are blazoned: Gules, a trefoil chapel Or, pierced and open sable, on a chief azure, three bees Or.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department