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Convention signed with "Fondation du Patrimoine"

Signature of a convention with "Fondation du Patrimoine" the Friday 7th October 2011 at Acquigny between the municipality, the Fondation du Patrimoine and our association.

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Article published in the newspaper "Paris Normandie", June 2th, 2010

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Article published in the newspaper "La Dépêche de Louviers", December 11th, 2009.

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Article published in the newspaper La Dépêche de Louviers, May 22nd, 2009.

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Article published in the newspaper Paris-Normandie, March 18, 2009.

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Article published in the newspaper La Dépêche de Louviers, March 12, 2009.

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Few data

There are 45 000 churches in France (newspaper La Croix June 10 2008)
10 percent of these churches belong to villages having fewer than 200 inhabitants and 75 percent belong to municipalities having fewer than 3 000 inhabitants.
12 000 of these churches date from the 19th century.
3 000 churches, chapels or convents have been built after the French Law of 1905.
Since 1905, 144 churches have been abandonned, of which 30 have been demolished, 44 transformed for utilisations other than as religous centres, and 5 have been transformed into lodgings.
67 percent of the population of France are of the opinion that. « it is essential to preserve as many as possible of the country's churches » , Source : poll organised by the magazine Pèlerin


« The heritage of religious properties is an element of our environment, and our efforts to protect them do not diminish. We will continue to protect all the buildings. The government has alotted a budget of 100 million euros for the restoration and maintenance of this religious heritage. The minister feels that it is the duty of citizens to undertake this responsibility… and this only makes sense if citizens visit and use these places… the sites are not just stones, they are places for people to live with »
Extract from information from Michel Clément, director of architecture and heritage at the French Ministry of Culture



Article published in the newspaper Paris-Normandie, April 9, 2008.

The Association «Friends of the church St Cecilia of Acquigny», ever busy promoting the renovation projects of their church, decided to organise a concert to make known their projects more widely. For this, they presented last Sunday a concert by the Amoroso chamber music orchestra composed of 23 musicians. The program included Vivaldi, Mozart, Gounod, Beethoven, Britten and Delibes. The next event will be "Art in Springtime", an exhibition of paintings, on the weekend of April 26/27 2008.