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Michael (Isle Of Man)

Arms of the Isle of Man Michael
Arms of the Isle of Man
IsleOfMan SheadingsAndParishes-fr.svg
Administration
Country Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man
Sheading Michael
Status village and district
District (s)
election (s)
Michael
Localities Kirk Michael
Geography
Area 39.9 km 2
Demography
Population 1 640 hab. (2006)
Density 41.1 inhabitants / km 2

Michael ( Manx is a village and a district of the Isle of Man , in sheading of Michael.

Largely rural, its main town is Michael Kirk.

Summary

/ / Geography
Church of Kirk Michael.

Michael Parish extends about 5 kilometers from north to south, between Glen and Cam Orrisdale, and 6 east to west between Druidale and the Irish Sea .

History

Michael Parish was home to the residence of Bishops of Man for at least the early thirteenth century. The Chronicles of Man report the death of Bishop Simon in the church of St. Michael in 1247 (apud ecclesiam Sancti Michaelis) .

The church of Kirk Michael, style, Gothic , was completed in 1835 by Bishop Ward. It houses the tombs of many bishops . Michael Parish is renowned for its many cross remarkable stone, some vintage Viking. Thus, the cross Gaut goes back to the year 900 about . It reads the following inscription: Mail Brikti SUNR Athakans smith ANSTI KRUS Thano as salutary sina sin daughter Kulna Kaut Kirthi Thano I maun ala auk, which can be translated as "Bridge Mael, son of the blacksmith Athankan, erected this cross for his own soul . "The crosses can be seen in Kirk Michael are sometimes impregnated with Norse mythology , sometimes of historiography Christian .

Population

Between the censuses of 2001 and 2006, the population of the parish rose from 1,431 inhabitants in 1640 .

See also

References

  1. a , b and c (in) "Michael Parish" , isle-of-man.com.
  2. a and b (in) "Some information about Michael" , michaelcommissioners.com.
  3. (fr) Saint Michael , Isle-of-man.com.
  4. a and b (in) "Kirk Michael" , iomguide.com.
  5. (en) "Gaut's Cross No. 101" , iomguide.com.
  6. (en) "Manx Crosses , gov.im.

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