Lessay
Lessay is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Angoville-sur-Ay was merged into Lessay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,250 residents
- Description: commune in France
- Also known as: “50267”
- Postal code: 50430
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lessay Airport and Lessay Abbey.
Lessay Airport
Aerodrome
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Lessay Airport is a regional airport in Lessay, Normandy, France. It supports general aviation with no scheduled commercial airline services.
Lessay Abbey
Church
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
The Abbey of the Holy Trinity is an 11th century Romanesque Benedictine Abbey church located in Lessay, Manche, France, then in Normandy. The abbey is one of the most important Norman Romanesque churches, and, along with Durham Cathedral, one of the first examples use of the rib vault to cover the choir in about 1098.
Réserve naturelle nationale de la tourbière de Mathon
Nature reserve
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Réserve naturelle nationale de la tourbière de Mathon is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Créances and Angoville-sur-Ay.
Créances
Village
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Créances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Angoville-sur-Ay
Village
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Angoville-sur-Ay is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Lessay. Angoville-sur-Ay is situated 4 km north of Lessay.
Vesly
Village
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Vesly is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It has a population of approximately 700 people. It is located on the Cotentin Peninsula, about 6 km from the sea, 44 km south of Cherbourg and 83 km west of Caen. Vesly is situated 4 km northeast of Lessay.
Lessay
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Coutances, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.2188° or 49° 13′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.5324° or 1° 31′ 57″ westPopulation
2,250Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8CXW6F99+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 34646956OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6435465Wikidata ID
Q28464251
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Lessay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lessay”
- Chinese: “莱赛”
- Dimli (individual language): “Lessay”
- Dutch: “Lessay”
- Esperanto: “Lessay”
- French: “Lessay”
- German: “Lessay”
- Greek: “Λεσαί”
- Hungarian: “Lessay”
- Irish: “Lessay”
- Japanese: “レセ”
- Ladin: “Lessay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lessay”
- Spanish: “Lessay”
- Swedish: “Lessay”
- Ukrainian: “Лессе”
- “Lessay”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lessay”. Photo: Sieurcoug, Public domain.