Genêts
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Genêts () is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena (now Avranches), the main settlement of the Abrincatui.
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Genêts
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Genêts (50) Église 01.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church in Genêts
- French commune.arrondissement
- Avranches
- French commune.canton
- Avranches
- French commune.INSEE
- 50199
- French commune.postal code
- 50530
- French commune.mayor
- Catherine Brunaud-Rhyn
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
- French commune.elevation m
- 10
- French commune.elevation min m
- 6
- French commune.elevation max m
- 38
- French commune.area km2
- 6.89
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Genêts
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avranches
- Population
- 453
- Area
- 6.89
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vains
- Official website
- www.ville-genets.com
- Image
- Genêts (50) Église 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Genêts
- postal code
- 50530
- associated electoral district
- canton of Avranches
- male population
- 204
- female population
- 231
- P8168
- Arturo Bocchini
- native label
- Genêts
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographic evolution
- Administration
- Mayors
- See also
- Notes
Genêts () is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena (now Avranches), the main settlement of the Abrincatui.
The Manoir de Brion, an ancient Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located nearby. The tidal island of Tombelaine, offshore, is in the commune.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Genêts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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