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Carentan (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃tɑ̃]) is a small rural town near the north-eastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy in north-western France, with a population of about 6,000. It is a former commune in the Manche department. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais. [2]
Map of the new municipality and its municipalities. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Carentan (the seat), Angoville-au-Plain, Houesville, and Saint-Côme-du-Mont. [3] On January 1, 2017, Brévands, Les Veys, and Saint-Pellerin joined the commune of Carentan. [4]
Map of the Contentin. The Cotentin Peninsula (US: / ˌ k oʊ t ɒ̃ ˈ t æ̃ /, [1] French: [kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Cotentîn [kotɑ̃ˈtẽ] ⓘ), also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of France.
This is a list of French regions and overseas territories by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1] The regions since 2016 that the pre-2016 regions correspond to or are part of are shown alongside. Rank
In 2011, France (whose territory in the national accounts refers to Metropolitan France plus the four old overseas regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Réunion, but excludes Mayotte and the six overseas collectivities) had a GDP of US$2,778 bn, 98.2% of which was produced in Metropolitan France, and 1.8% in the four overseas ...
The canton of Carentan-les-Marais (before March 2020: canton of Carentan) is an administrative division of the Manche department. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
Brévands (French pronunciation:) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais . [2]
Rank Region Population 2016 Area (km 2) Density; 1 Île-de-France 12,117,132 12,012 1,009 2 Mayotte 256,518 374 685 3 Réunion 852,924 2,504 340 4 Martinique 376,480 1,128