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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 1 January 2017 Brévands, Les Veys and Saint-Pellerin joined the commune of Carentan. [4]
Angoville-au-Plain (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡɔvil o plɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais. [2] It is home to a church that was used by 2 US Army Medics as an aide station during the Battle of Normandy ...
Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands).
The road's old course out of Bayeux has been numbered RD 513 while the new road, a dual carriageway, follows a non-linear course towards Carentan. The road passes the small town of Carentan and turns North towards Valognes and then the port of Cherbourg. Carentan bypass, built between 1994 and 1996, goes underneath the Canal de Carentan, where ...
Saint-Côme-du-Mont (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kom dy mɔ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. [2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais .
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Area. 1. 13.87 km 2 (5.36 sq ... is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune ...