Avranches
Avranches is a town on the coast in the south-west corner of Manche, at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. Mont Saint-Michel is quite nearby. The town was liberated by American troops during the Normandy campaign after the D-Day invasion of World War II; there is a monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,200 residents
- Description: commune in Manche, France
- Postal codes: 50300 and 50300
Places of Interest
Highlights include Avranches and Musée d’art et d’histoire d’Avranches.
Musée d’art et d’histoire d’Avranches
Museum
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Musée d’art et d’histoire d’Avranches is a museum.
Grand Doyenné of Avranches
Historic building
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The Grand Doyenné, also known as the Subligny Manor, is a secular medieval building located in the French commune of Avranches, in the department of Manche in the Normandy region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Martin-des-Champs and Le Val-Saint-Père.
Saint-Martin-des-Champs
Village
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Saint-Martin-des-Champs is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Avranches.
Le Val-Saint-Père
Village
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Val-Saint-Père is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Avranches
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.6862° or 48° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
-1.3579° or 1° 21′ 29″ westPopulation
10,200Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR AVROpen location code
8CWWMJPR+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 651232388OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Avranches” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Avranches”
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- Arabic: “أفرنش”
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