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Granville is a town located in the Manche department in northwestern France. It is a commune, which is the smallest administrative division in the French local government system.
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- Locality
- Granville
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 14,289
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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.