Genêts
Genêts is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena, the main settlement of the Abrincatui. The Manoir de Brion, an ancient Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located nearby.- Type: Village with 451 residents
- Description: commune in Manche, France
- Also known as: “Genets”
- Postal code: 50530
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Notre-Dame de Genêts and Manoir de Brion.
Manoir de Brion
Manor estate
The Manoir de Brion, also known as the Château de Brion, is a former Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, France. It is located near the village of Genêts, in Normandy, and was founded in 1137 by the abbot Bernard du Bec.
Tombelaine
Island
Tombelaine is a small tidal island off the coast of Normandy in France. It lies a few kilometres north of Mont Saint-Michel. At low tide, the island can be reached on foot from the coast of Cotentin, 3.5 kilometres to the northeast, and from Mont Saint-Michel. Tombelaine is situated 4 km southwest of Genêts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bacilly and Mont Saint-Michel.
Bacilly
Village
Bacilly is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Bacilly is situated 3 km northeast of Genêts.
Mont Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel is a small UNESCO World Heritage site on an island just off the coast near Avranches in the department of Manche of Normandy in northern France.Angey
Village
Angey 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 Sartilly-Baie-Bocage. Angey is situated 7 km north of Genêts.
Genêts
- Categories: associated commune, commune of France, and locality
- Location: Genêts, Arrondissement of Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.68535° or 48° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
-1.4773° or 1° 28′ 38″ west
Population
451
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8CWWMGPF+43
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Genêts” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Genêts”
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- Catalan: “Genêts”
- Cebuano: “Genêts (lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “Genêts”
- Chechen: “Жене”
- Chinese: “Genêts”
- Chinese: “热内”
- Chinese: “热内特”
- Corsican: “Genêts”
- Croatian: “Genêts”
- Czech: “Genêts”
- Danish: “Genêts”
- Dimli (individual language): “Genêts”
- Dutch: “Genets”
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- Esperanto: “Genêts”
- Estonian: “Genêts”
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- Finnish: “Genêts”
- French: “50199”
- French: “Genest”
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- German: “Genêts”
- Greek: “Ζενέ”
- Hungarian: “Genêts”
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- Italian: “Genêts”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Genêts”
- Japanese: “ジュネ”
- Kabyle: “Genêts”
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- Kazakh: “Жене”
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- Low German: “Genêts”
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- Mainfränkisch: “Genêts”
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- Romagnol: “Genêts”
- Romanian: “Genêts”
- Romanian: “Gents”
- Romansh: “Genêts”
- Russian: “Жене (Нормандия)”
- Russian: “Жене”
- Sardinian: “Genêts”
- Scots: “Genêts”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Genêts”
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- Slovak: “Genêts”
- Spanish: “Genets”
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- Swiss German: “Genêts”
- Tatar: “Жене”
- Turkish: “Genêts”
- Ukrainian: “Жене”
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- Wolof: “Genêts”
- Zulu: “Genêts”
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