Registration for Historic Monuments 29 juillet 2022 (≈ 2022)
Total protection of the monument and its enclosure.
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Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The monument to the dead of the war 1914-1918, in full, including the sacred enclosure materialized by the stone borders enclosing the flowered parterres, located communal cemetery, the Cavée des Essarts, 2 rue des Essarts, on Parcel No. 308, appearing in the cadastre section AI: inscription by order of 29 July 2022
Origin and history
The Monument to the War Deaths 1914-1918 of Grand Couronne is a tribute to the soldiers of the commune who disappeared during the First World War. Located in the communal cemetery, it has been fully protected since 2022, including its sacred enclosure and flowered grounds. Its precise location, 2 rue des Essarts, is documented in the Merimée base under the code Insee 76319, in the Seine-Maritime.
This monument, owned by the commune, was registered by ministerial decree on 29 July 2022. Although its GPS location is considered satisfactory (note 7/10), it remains a central memory site for the inhabitants. No information is available about its architect or the specific circumstances of its creation, but its status as a Historic Monument underscores its heritage importance.
The Grand-Couronne region of Normandy was marked by the consequences of the Great War, as were many French communes. The monuments to the dead, erected in the interwar period, symbolized collective pain and the duty of memory. That of Grand-Couronne, by its recent inscription, bears witness to the contemporary desire to preserve these historical traces.
