The canton of Agon-Coutainville is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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Agon-Coutainville (French pronunciation: [aɡɔ̃ kutɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Berthe...
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list of the 27 cantons of the Manche department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: Agon-Coutainville...
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1 km2 (441.0 sq mi). The communes of the arrondissement of Coutances, and their INSEE codes, are: Agon-Coutainville (50003) Appeville (50016) Auxais (50024)...
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Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin (category Former communes of Manche)
2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Sauveur-Villages. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Sainte-Mère-Église (category Communes of Manche)
commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville...
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Saint-Lô (redirect from Siege of Saint-Lô (889))
also chef-lieu of an arrondissement and two cantons (Saint-Lô-1 and Saint-Lô-2). The placename derives from that of a local saint, Laud of Coutances. The...
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Montsurvent (category Former communes of Manche)
1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Gouville-sur-Mer. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Le Mesnilbus (category Former communes of Manche)
2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Sauveur-Villages. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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La Ronde-Haye (category Former communes of Manche)
2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Sauveur-Villages. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Mont-Saint-Michel (category Communes of Manche)
north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares...
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Anneville-sur-Mer (category Former communes of Manche)
1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Gouville-sur-Mer. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Saint-Aubin-du-Perron (category Former communes of Manche)
inhabitants (2019). In 1823 it yielded a part of its territory for the creation of the commune Le Mesnilbus. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du...
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Vaudrimesnil (category Former communes of Manche)
2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Sauveur-Villages. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Neuville-au-Plain (category Communes of Manche)
Neuville-au-Plain was one objective of the 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army in the invasion of Normandy. After capturing...
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Avranches (redirect from Council of Avranches)
the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The inhabitants are called Avranchinais. By the end of the Roman...
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following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Communauté...
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Boisroger (category Former communes of Manche)
France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Gouville-sur-Mer. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble...
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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche (category Communes of Manche)
Cotentin Peninsula, just north of the town of Carentan, and west of the fr:Baie des Veys Baie des Veys [fr], the outlet of the Douve and the Vire. The commune...
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Quinéville (category Communes of Manche)
Quineville is in the village, along with a church, the eglise Notre-Dame. Communes of the Manche department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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Barfleur (category Communes of Manche)
northwestern France. During the Middle Ages, Barfleur was one of the chief ports of embarkation for England. 1066: A large medallion fixed to a rock...
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Coutances (category Communes of Manche)
north-western France. The capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantius...
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Saint-Michel-de-la-Pierre (category Former communes of Manche)
2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Sauveur-Villages. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (category Communes of Manche)
merger of the former communes of Cherbourg and Octeville. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is part of the arrondissement of Cherbourg, and of 6 cantons: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-1...
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Méautis (category Communes of Manche)
After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced...
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La Hague (category Communes of Manche)
the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Beaumont-Hague (the...
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Carentan-les-Marais (category Communes of Manche)
of the Taute and the Douve. The city, at the gateway to the Cotentin Peninsula and the Bay of Veys, is at the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the...
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Granville, Manche (category Communes of Manche)
Although spotted by the radar of Coutainville, the Germans, using light boats, managed to land at night in the port of Granville. They dynamited port...
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Valognes (redirect from Siege of Valognes)
of Religion, Valognes sided with the Catholic League. The castle, like that of Cherbourg, was completely destroyed under Louis XIV. Of the convent of...
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teams from the leagues of the Normandy region of France take part in the main competition from the seventh round. A total of nine teams will qualify...
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