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Mortain () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mortain-Bocage.

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Mortain is a former commune in the Manche department of Normandy, France. It served as the capital of the canton of Mortain and the canton of Le Mortainais. The area covered 7.44 square kilometers and had an elevation of 327 meters above sea level. Its postal code was 50140, and it shared borders with Le Neufbourg and Bion.

The population of Mortain was recorded as 3,238. The commune was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by the new commune of Mortain-Bocage. It is described in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Place details

Locality
Mortain-Bocage
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Population
2,470
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name
Mortain
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Mortain (Manche).svg
French commune.image
France Mortain Abbaye Blanche bordercropped.jpg
French commune.caption
Abbaye Blanche
French commune.arrondissement
Avranches
French commune.canton
Le Mortainais
French commune.INSEE
50359
French commune.postal code
50140
French commune.commune
Mortain-Bocage
French commune.elevation m
232
French commune.elevation min m
102
French commune.elevation max m
327
French commune.area km2
7.44
French commune.population
1547
French commune.population date
2022

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Mortain () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mortain-Bocage.

==Geography== Mortain is situated on a rocky hill rising above the gorge of the Cance, a tributary of the Sélune.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mortain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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