Gréville-Hague | |
Arrondissement: | Cherbourg |
Canton: | La Hague |
Commune: | La Hague |
Insee: | 50220 |
Postal Code: | 50440 |
Coordinates: | 49.675°N -1.8°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 167 |
Area Km2: | 10.03 |
Population: | 692 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demonym: | Grévillais |
Website: | www.greville-hague.fr |
Gréville-Hague (in French pronounced as /ɡʁevil aɡ/) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2] A hamlet (Gruchy) of the village is the birthplace of Jean-François Millet, a notable impressionist painter. Several of his most important paintings depict local landscapes or rural labour.
Location of a major World War II battery, as well as massive French fortifications (never completed) to protect the deep-water port of Cherbourg.