Coutances

Coutances is a town on the Cotentin Peninsula of , south of Cherbourg. The town has existed since Roman times, functioning mainly as a market town for the surrounding agricultural area.
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  • Type: Town with 8,350 residents
  • Description: commune in Manche, France
  • Postal codes: 50200 and 50200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coutances Cathedral and Coutances.

Church
is a Gothic Catholic cathedral constructed from 1210 to 1274 in the town of Coutances, Normandy, . It incorporated the remains of an earlier Norman cathedral.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances and Bricqueville-la-Blouette.

Village
is a commune in the department in in north-western .

Village
is a commune in the department in in northwestern .

Village
is a commune in the department in in north-western .

Coutances

Latitude
49.0478° or 49° 2′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.4455° or 1° 26′ 44″ west
Population
8,350
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR COT
Open location code
8CXW2HX3+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 640866637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3022826
Wiki­data ID
Q202565
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Coutances” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Coutances
  • Arabic: قسطانس
  • Arabic: قسطنس
  • Arabic: كتنس
  • Arabic: كوتانس
  • Aragonese: Coutances
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  • Bengali: কুতঁস
  • Breton: Coutances
  • Breton: Kergustent
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  • Catalan: Coutances
  • Cebuano: Coutances (kapital sa arrondissement)
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  • Chechen: Кутанс
  • Chinese: Coutances
  • Chinese: 库唐斯
  • Chinese: 庫唐斯
  • Corsican: Coutances
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  • Egyptian Arabic: كوتانس
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  • Finnish: Coutances
  • French: Cosedia
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  • French: Saint-Nicolas-de-Coutances
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  • Greek: Κουτάνς
  • Hebrew: קוטנס
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  • Japanese: クータンス
  • Japanese: クータンセ
  • Japanese: クタンス
  • Kabyle: Coutances
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  • Kazakh: Кутанс
  • Kongo: Coutances
  • Korean: 쿠탕스
  • Ladin: Coutances
  • Latin: Constantia
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  • Narom: Couotanches
  • Narom: Couotaunches
  • Neapolitan: Coutances
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Coutances
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Coutances
  • Papiamento: Coutances
  • Persian: کوتانس
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  • Russian: Кутанс
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  • Serbian: Kutans
  • Serbian: Кутанс
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  • Tatar: Кутанс
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