Thanks. I assumed commune meant the same as the English community. By the way, found La Valette on the Cassini map #126 for Coutances, but haven't found a nearby Huguenot church yet. Ray > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:18:58 +0100 > From: "fuller.tony" <fuller.tony@wanadoo.fr> > Subject: Re: [HWE] La Valette in Normandy - another update > To: <huguenots-walloons-europe@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000401c6e187$78f8e590$b425d556@toshiba01> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Ray > > You need to be careful with your choice of words here. > > The place is not a commune, which is something like a borough with a Mayor. > > La Valette is a hamlet and as such may just be one or two houses within a > commune somewhere in Normandy - I live in a similar place which does not > appear on the French maps as such. > > Regards > > Tony Fuller >