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Granville
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commune in Manche, France
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Granville is a commune and port city in the Manche department of Normandy, France. It serves as the capital of the canton of Granville and is situated in the arrondissement of Avranches. The town has a population of 13,643, with 5,594 males and 6,986 females. Its area is 9.9 square kilometers, and it shares borders with Donville-les-Bains, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Saint-Planchers, and Yquelon.
The official name of the municipality includes Granville-la-Victoire and Champ-Libre. It is twinned with Holstebro, Niederanven, and Preveza. The postal code for the area is 50400. A significant historical event associated with the location is the Battle of Granville.
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Place details
- Locality
- Granville
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 14,289
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- port city
- Official name
- Champ-Libre
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avranches
- Population
- 12581
- Area
- 9.9
- Elevation
- 67
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Yquelon
- Official website
- www.ville-granville.fr
- Image
- Toits de Granville en direction du sud en été (2019).JPG
- Significant event
- Battle of Granville
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- twinned administrative body
- Bellagio
- Commons category
- Granville (Manche)
- postal code
- 50400
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Granville
- Commons gallery
- Granville
- associated electoral district
- canton of Granville
- male population
- 5594
- female population
- 6986
- P8168
- Fruška Gora
- different from
- Granville
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-91-30-00
- fax number
- +33-2-33-91-30-09
- P12749
- Clematis viticella
- topic's main category
- Category:Granville (Manche)
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Encyclopedic overview
Granville ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃.vil] ; Norman: Graunville) is a commune in the Manche department of Normandy, France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communes of 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 town was founded by a vassal of William the Conqueror on land occupied by the Vikings in the 11th century. The old privateer city and fortification for the defence of Mont Saint-Michel became a seaside resort in the 19th century which was frequented by many artists and equipped with a golf course and a horse racing course.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Granville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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