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Manche (/ m ɒ̃ ʃ /, French pronunciation: ⓘ; Norman: Maunche) is a coastal French département in Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French.
La Manche (/ m ɑ̃ ʃ / [Note 1]) est un département français de la région Normandie. Son nom provient de la mer qui le borde sur tout son pourtour nord et ouest, et le quart nord-est. L'Insee et La Poste lui attribuent le code 50. Sa préfecture est Saint-Lô et la plus grande ville est Cherbourg-en-Cotentin en termes de population.
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 ...
The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer [ fr ], it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres [ fr ], a former cod -fishing port and the first shellfish port of France.
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end.
Manche is a department found in the west of France in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Saint-Lô. Its population is about 486,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution . Category: Manche.
Sep 9, 2006 · Manche. First published: September 9, 2006 by France Today Editors. France Today takes a tour around this department. Before deploying adjectives and gushing superlatives to evoke the many-splendoured appeal of La Manche – the hunk of land that sticks out of Lower Normandy towards Britain like a gnarled hand, the Cotentin Peninsula its ...
