Avranches

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.

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Avranches is a commune in France, situated in the arrondissement of Avranches within the Manche department. It serves as the capital of both the arrondissement and the canton of Avranches. The town has a population of 10,277 and covers an area of 4.5 square kilometers. Its official language is French, and it is located in the Normandy region.

The commune shares borders with Marcey-les-Grèves, Ponts, Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, and Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches. It is twinned with Korbach, Saint-Gaudens, and Saint Helier. Avranches has an elevation of 59 meters above sea level and uses the postal code 50300. The area is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Place details

Locality: Avranches
Region: Normandie
Country: France
Population: 9,295
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Avranches
French commune.commune status: Subprefecture and commune
French commune.image: Avranchesjardindesplantes.JPG
French commune.caption: Botanical garden
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason ville fr Avranches (Manche).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Avranches
French commune.canton: Avranches and Isigny-le-Buat
French commune.INSEE: 50025
French commune.postal code: 50300
French commune.mayor: David Nicolas
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
French commune.elevation min m: 7
French commune.elevation max m: 111
French commune.area km2: 10.99

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Avranches
Country: France
Located in: Manche
Official language: French
Population: 10143
Area: 4.5
Elevation: 59
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Capital of: canton of Avranches
Shares border with: Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme
Legal form: commune nouvelle
Official website: www.avranches.fr
Image: Normandie Manche Avranches1 tango7174.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Avranches
twinned administrative body: Saint Helier
Commons category: Avranches
postal code: 50300
category for people born here: Category:Births in Avranches
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
inception: 2019-01-01
P8168: Svatoslav
native label: Avranches

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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.

==History== ===Middle Ages=== By the end of the Roman period, the settlement of Ingena, capital of the Abrincatui tribe, had taken the name of the tribe itself. This was the origin of the name Avranches. In 511 the town became the seat of a diocese (suppressed in 1790) and subsequently of a major Romanesque cathedral dedicated to Saint Andrew, Avranches Cathedral, which was dismantled during the French revolutionary period. As the region of Brittany emerged from the Roman region of Armorica, Avranchin was briefly held by Alan I, King of Brittany as part of the Kingdom of Brittany at the turn of the 10th century. The regions that later became the Duchies of Normandy and Brittany each experienced devastating Viking raids, with Brittany occupied by Vikings from 907 to 937. In 933 Avranches and its territory, the Avranchin, were ceded to the Normans.

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