Blosville: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Blosville is part of the Natura 2000 Special Protection Area for birds FR2510046 “Basses Vallées du Cotentin et Baie des Veys”.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Blosville can keep the village in mind when planning their stay.

The green-signposted Les Fonds du Cotentin cycle route begins at Place de l’église in Houesville. It is classified as easy, is 23 kilometres long, and has a stated duration of 2 hours and 15 minutes. As a point of interest, it leads to the Church of Saint-Christophe with its churchyard yew trees in Blosville.

Culture

The parish church of Blosville is called Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption. The Church of Notre-Dame in Blosville contains a rood beam and a crucifixion statue. The pieces currently adorning the church were created at the beginning of the 19th century by the sculptor Savary; both have been classified as movable historic objects since 19 May 1959.

Two yew trees frame the Church of Saint-Christophe in Blosville; they are regarded as symbols of immortality and as traditional guardians of Norman cemeteries. The Les Fontaines washhouse is an element of local heritage in Blosville.

History

The tomb of Jacques François Regnault (1758–1848), a former parish priest of the village, located in the Blosville cemetery, commemorates him and is shaped like a tectiform sarcophagus.

In Carquebut, near Blosville, a total of 5,804 American soldiers were buried from 7 June 1944 to 23 November 1947 on the site of the largest temporary Allied military cemetery in Normandy.

More village pages: Villedieu-Les-Poêles, Muneville-sur-Mer, Le Vicel, Gouville-Sur-Mer, Anneville-Sur-Mer, Gavray, Le Tanu, Ravenoville-Plage.

To the higher-level travel overview: Manche.