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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 Battle of Saint-Lô was one of the three conflicts in the battle of the hedgerows which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, in Saint-Lô, Manche, Normandy, France, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic ...
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Saint-Lô Agglo is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Saint-Lô. It is located in the Manche department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Saint-Lô. [1] Its area is 819.9 km 2. Its population was 76,116 in 2019, of which 19,050 in Saint-Lô proper. [2]
The arrondissement of Saint-Lô is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 87 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 103,820 (2021), and its area is 1,277.3 km 2 (493.2 sq mi).
Its southern part, known as "le Marais" (the Marshlands), crosses from east to west from just north west of Saint Lo and east of Lessay and marks a natural border with the rest of Manche. The largest town on the peninsula is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin , a major cross-channel port on the north coast, with a population of approximately 120,000.
Saint-Lô : Canton: Saint-Lô-1 ... Agneaux (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population ...
Saint-Lo surrendered to Philip II of France. Saint-Lô was captured by the English on 22 July 1346 during the Crécy campaign by Edward III of England. [2] It was recaptured by the French in 1378 by Charles VI of France but it was again lost to the English on 12 March 1418, under Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. [1] The French regained Saint-Lô ...