Tocqueville, Manche, France

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Tocqueville, Manche, France is a small commune in Normandy best known as the ancestral home and final resting place of political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
human settlement
administrativeStatus commune
belongsTo French Republic
contains Château de Tocqueville
grave of Alexis de Tocqueville
tomb of Alexis de Tocqueville
country France
governedBy municipal council
hasCharacteristic rural commune
small population
hasCulturalSignificance associated with Alexis de Tocqueville’s life and work
symbolic site for liberal political thought
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
rural tourism
hasGeographicalFeature countryside landscape
hasHeritageSite Château de Tocqueville
hasNotableFeature family chapel of the Tocqueville family
graveyard containing Alexis de Tocqueville’s tomb
hasNotableResident Alexis de Tocqueville
Tocqueville family
hasProperty commemorative plaques related to Alexis de Tocqueville
historic manor house
hasReligion predominantly Roman Catholic tradition
hasTransportConnection local road network in Manche
isAncestralHomeOf Alexis de Tocqueville
Tocqueville family
isBurialPlaceOf Alexis de Tocqueville
isPartOf French commune system
isTouristAttractionFor admirers of Alexis de Tocqueville
visitors interested in political history
languageUsed French
locatedIn Manche
Normandy
northwestern France
locatedNear English Channel
locatedOn Cotentin Peninsula
namedAfter Tocqueville family
partOf department of Manche
region of Normandy
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alexis de Tocqueville
burialPlace

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