Manche is a coastal French département in Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayenne to the south, Orne and Calvados to the east, the English Channel to the west and north and by sharing maritime borders with the Crown Dependencies of Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey of the United Kingdom to the west. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.
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.
Saint-Lô is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
The arrondissement of Saint-Lô is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 87 communes. Its population is 103,045 (2016), and its area is 1,277.3 km2 (493.2 sq mi).
Granville is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy, northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer, it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres, a former cod-fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the North" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory.
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a commune in the Manche department and in the region of Normandy in north-western France. The commune has 712 inhabitants (2019).
Lessay is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Angoville-sur-Ay was merged into Lessay.
Le Mesnil is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Audouville-la-Hubert is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Barneville-Carteret is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region of north-western France. For many years it has been a popular seaside resort destination.
Cerisy-la-Forêt is a commune in the Manche department of Normandy in north-western France. It had a population of 1,036 inhabitants in 2019 and possesses an important environmental and architectural heritage.
Fermanville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.
Hiesville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy, north-western France. A small commune, Hiesville covers an area of just 4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi). It is bounded by Boutteville to the north, Blosville to the west, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont to the east, and Vierville to the south, and lies several kilometres from the Normandy coast.
Saint-Pierre-Langers is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Négreville is a commune in the department of Manche in the Normandy Region of north-western France.
Villebaudon is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Villiers-Fossard is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Flavigny-sur-Moselle is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. On the night of 10–11 September 1944, the bridge across the river Moselle and the adjacent canal near the commune were the site of a fierce battle between American soldiers of the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, and German soldiers of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division.
La Londe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.
The canton of Pont-Hébert is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Pont-Hébert.
