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Manche is one of the original 83 Departments of France, established during the French Revolution on 26 February 1790. It was created from part of the province of Normandy. The capital was Coutances until 1796, and it resumed that role after World War II because of the almost complete destruction of Saint-Lô during the Battle of Normandy ...
Saint-Lô (US: / s æ̃ ˈ l oʊ, s eɪ n t-, s ən t-/, [3] [4] [5] French: [sɛ̃ lo] ⓘ; Breton: Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy. [6] Although it is the second largest city of Manche after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department.
The following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin; Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie; Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo; Communauté de communes de la Baie du Cotentin
Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi), [4] comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France.
The region included three departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne, that cover the part of Normandy traditionally termed "Lower Normandy" lying west of the river Dives, the Pays d'Auge (except a small part remaining in Upper Normandy), a small part of the Pays d'Ouche (the main part remaining in Upper Normandy), the Norman Perche, and part of the "French" Perche.
Coutances (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. History ... The capital of the Unelli, ...
The 4 arrondissements of the Manche department are: [1] Arrondissement of Avranches , ( subprefecture : Avranches ) with 134 communes . The population of the arrondissement was 134,499 in 2021.
The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Manche department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1]