Avranches is a commune in the Manche department, and the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The inhabitants are called Avranchinais.
Coutances Cathedral is a Gothic Catholic cathedral constructed from 1210 to 1274 in the town of Coutances, Normandy, France. It incorporated the remains of an earlier Norman cathedral.
The arrondissement of Avranches is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 134 communes. Its population is 134,724 (2016), and its area is 1,888.2 km2 (729.0 sq mi).
The Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances in France. The diocese is suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen and comprises the entire department of Manche. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances (–Avranches).
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. A metropolitan see, its archepiscopal see is the Montreal, Quebec. It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec.
Cambrai Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Cambrai, Nord, France, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Cambrai. The cathedral was registered as a monument historique on 9 August 1906.
The Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Until 2002 Tarbes was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Auch. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse.
The Diocese of Le Mans is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo, but had previously been suffragan to Bourges, Paris, Sens, and Tours.
The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is the Arras Cathedral, in the city of Arras. The diocese encompasses all of the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in the Region of Hauts-de-France.
The Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the département of Charente-Maritime and the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The bishop is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Poitiers. The episcopal seat is in La Rochelle Cathedral. Saintes Cathedral is a co-cathedral.
The Diocese of Versailles is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, in France. The diocese, headed by the Bishop of Versailles, was established in 1801. Until then, its territory had mostly been part of the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Chartres. It was centred on Versailles.
John of Avranches was bishop of Avranches from 1060 to 1067, and archbishop of Rouen from 1067 to 1079. He was a Norman churchman, son of Rodulf of Ivry, and brother of Hugh of Bayeux. He appears in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, and may have been one of the sources William used.
Avranchin is an area in Normandy, France corresponding to the territory of the Abrincatui, a tribe of Celts from whom the city of Avranches, the main town of the Avranchin, takes its name.
The Tramway d'Avranches was a 2.7 kilometres long tramway system serving the coastal town of Avranches, France.
Laurent Le Boulc'h is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of Lille since 2023. He was bishop of Coutances from 2013 to 2023.
Christ the King Cathedral is a church building in the city of Gaspé, Quebec, in eastern Canada. Located on rue de la Cathédrale, adjacent to the Saint-Rosaire Gaspé Elementary School, it is the only wooden cathedral in North America.
Maugis was a Catholic cleric who bishop of Avranches in what is today France from 1017 to 1022.
The Avranches–Saint-James tramway was a 17 kilometres metre gauge railway on the English Channel in the Manche département in the Normandy region of France, which was put into service on 29 July 1901 and operated until 31 December 1933.
The Grand Doyenné, also known as the Subligny Manor, is a secular medieval building located in the French commune of Avranches, in the department of Manche in the Normandy region.
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