Manche is a coastal French department in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French.
The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department of France.
Saint-Lô is a commune in north-western France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
The arrondissement of Cherbourg is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 144 communes. Its population is 189,748 (2016), and its area is 1,643.9 km2 (634.7 sq mi).
The 4 arrondissements of the Manche department are:
- Arrondissement of Avranches, with 134 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 123,523 in 2013.
- Arrondissement of Cherbourg, with 144 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 190,262 in 2013.
- Arrondissement of Coutances, with 81 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 84,327 in 2013.
- Arrondissement of Saint-Lô, with 87 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 101,807 in 2013.
The arrondissement of Coutances is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 81 communes. Its population is 70,845 (2016), and its area is 1,142.1 km2 (441.0 sq mi).
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 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 in north-western 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.
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:
Anneville-en-Saire is a commune in the Manche department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Hiesville is a commune in the Manche department in 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-Romphaire is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bourgvallées. Its population was 754 in 2017.
Saint-Pierre-Langers is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Le Val-Saint-Père is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
This page lists the armoury of the communes in la Manche.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. The commune takes its name from Cherbourg, the main town of the commune, and the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a Maritime prefecture and sub-prefecture of Manche. Due to its union, it is the most populous commune in its department with 79,144 inhabitants as of 2018, making it the first city of the department before the Saint-Lô prefecture and the second in the region after Caen. Its urban unit is composed of three communes, and has 81,989 inhabitants (2017).
The canton of Coutances is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Coutances.
