Le Rozel

Le Rozel (French pronunciation: [lə ʁozɛl]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Le Rozel
Commune
The village
Location of Le Rozel
Le Rozel Show map of France Le Rozel Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°29′16″N 1°49′39″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Les Pieux
Intercommunality	CA Cotentin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Noël Lamotte[1]
Area 1	5.52 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	244
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50442 /50340
Elevation	0–102 m (0–335 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its INSEE number is 50442, and its postal code is 50340.

Prehistory

Neanderthals are thought to have been in the area, around 80,000 years ago, with evidence provided by 257 footprints fossilised in sandy mud alongside other archaeological material, excavated between 2012 and 2017.^[3][4] Most of the footprints were small and clearly made by children (10-14 people). The discovery at Le Rozel is the largest of rare fossil footprints of the hominin. Technically, some of the footprints were isolated one after another and 88 of them were complete footprints, having a length range between 11.4 cm (4.5 in) and 28.7 cm (11.3 in).^[5][6][7][8]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. George, Alison (9 September 2019). "Ancient footprints show Neanderthals may have been taller than thought". New Scientist. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
4. Couronne, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Following Neanderthals' footsteps to learn how they lived". Phys.org. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
5. Schuster, Ruth (9 September 2019). "French Neanderthals Had Lots of Kids, Fossil Footprints Show". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
6. Cliquet, Dominique; Laisné, Gilles; Verna, Christine; Berillon, Gilles; Duveau, Jérémy (9 September 2019). "The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (39): 19409–19414. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11619409D. doi:10.1073/pnas.1901789116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6765299. PMID 31501334.
7. "Over 250 Neanderthal Footprints Reveal Clues to the Ancient Humans' Social Lives". D-brief. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
8. Daley, Jason (10 September 2019). "Hundreds of Ancient Footprints Reveal a Snapshot of Neanderthal Family Life". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.