Musée du Littoral et de la Chaux, Regnéville-sur-Mer

The Rey lime kilns were built at the beginning of the Second Empire to produce lime for the amendment of agricultural land in the western part of Armorica. The site now houses the Maritime Museum of Regnéville-sur-mer dedicated to the maritime and industrial history of this coastal village in the west of the Manche department.

A stopover between Guyenne and the English ports, Regnéville-sur-Mer was once one of the most active ports in the Cotentin region, thanks to the great medieval fairs of Agon and Montmartin. In the 18th century, the shipowners of Le Havre and Honfleur had their ships fitted out for the great fishing expeditions on the banks of Newfoundland. In the 19th century, the production of lime used in agriculture will continue this maritime vocation: coal from Wales and limestone exported to the northern coast of Brittany, lacking limestone resources, transit here.