Écrammeville: Church, walking trails and the Aure

Écrammeville combines a long history of church building with named walking trails and places along the Aure. Different details are useful when planning your trip: the church’s building phases and design details, and the walking trails’ distances, timeframes and seasonal trail conditions.

Church and architectural history

The Église Notre-Dame d’Écrammeville dates from the 13th century and was remodelled in the 16th and 19th centuries. The church is accessed through the 16th-century Porte des Dames.

The nave has a ribbed vault made of plaster and stone. The floral-decorated keystones are supported by mascarons dated to 1850. Thus, the church’s 13th-century origins, its remodelling in the 16th and 19th centuries, and a dated decorative detail from 1850 are all part of its history. The building’s development and individual design elements can be considered as distinct aspects of its history.

Walking routes and trail conditions

The walking options have different distance and time details. The “P’tite sportive Ecrammeville-Aignerville” is 8 km long. The “P’tite boucle Ecrammeville” is part of the “P’tites boucles” programme; the programme’s circular walks are generally about 4 to 5 km long and take less than an hour. This gives you both a specific distance and a general timeframe and distance range. Check whether the routes mentioned are available before setting out.

On the “Autour d’Ecrammeville” route, a stretch of about 400 metres along the Aure follows a bridge crossing. Trail conditions in the marshes can change seasonally. When planning, therefore, consider both the length of this riverside stretch and the conditions in the marshes.

Historic buildings in the local landscape

The Château du Quévé dates from the 18th century and lies southeast of the church, beside the D124 towards Trévières. The Manoir de Verigny dates from the 16th century and lies west of the church, on the D124 towards Lieu Barville and Isigny. The manor house is not visible from the road mentioned. The two buildings therefore differ both in their direction from the church and in the century in which they were built: the château lies southeast and dates from the 18th century, while the manor lies west and dates from the 16th century. Écrammeville also has a 19th-century lavoir à colonnades, adding another historic building type to the local landscape.

The Aure and transport in the past

The Pont de l’Acre is on the Aure between Bricqueville and Écrammeville. In the past, coal from the Littry mines was transported from there by boat to the port of Isigny. The river has different roles in these accounts: on the “Autour d’Ecrammeville” route, the Aure is part of a walking stretch; at the Pont de l’Acre, the focus is on its former importance for transporting goods.

Discover more destinations: Englesqueville-La-Percée, Villerville, Colleville-Montgomery, Vieux, Le Pin, Castillon-En-Auge, Vouilly, La Bazoque.

For the broader travel overview: Calvados.