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Coutances
Sign in to saveCoutances (; Norman: Couotaunches) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Coutances is a town located in the Manche department of Normandy in northwestern France. It is a commune, which is the smallest administrative division in the French local government system.
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Place details
- Locality
- Coutances
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,657
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Coutances
- French commune.commune status
- Subprefecture and commune
- French commune.image
- Coutances vue nord.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Coutances Cathedral
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Coutances.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Coutances
- French commune.canton
- Coutances
- French commune.INSEE
- 50147
- French commune.postal code
- 50200
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Dominique Bourdin
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Coutances Mer et Bocage
- French commune.elevation min m
- 12
- French commune.elevation max m
- 150
- French commune.area km2
- 12.51
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Coutances
- Population
- 8321
- Area
- 12.51
- Elevation
- 94
- Official website
- www.coutances.fr
- Image
- Coutances vue nord.jpg
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- Commons category
- Coutances
- postal code
- 50200
- male population
- 4076
- female population
- 4425
- P8168
- Andrei Soldatov
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-76-55-55
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Travel guide
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Roads connect the town to other places on the peninsula: Cherbourg to the north, Saint-Lô to the east, Granville and Avranches to the south. Cherbourg has ferries from the UK and Ireland. From Avranches, roads go west to Saint-Malo and beyond or south to Rennes and beyond.
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thumb|Notre Dame cathedral, Coutances
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Coutances (; Norman: Couotaunches) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
==History== thumb|left|American armored and infantry forces pass through Coutances, France, in July 1944 The capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus. The surrounding region, called in Latin the pagus Constantinus, subsequently became known as the Cotentin Peninsula.
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