Granville, Manche
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Granville | |
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| The harbour of Granville, with Notre-Dame church in the background | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Granville |
| Intercommunality | Granville, Terre et Mer |
| Mayor | Charlie Williams (2014–2018) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–67 m (0–220 ft) (avg. 37 m (121 ft)*) |
| Land area1 | 9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50218/ 50400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Granville (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃.vil] (
listen); Norman: Graunville) is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France.
The town is populated by 13,021 people,[Note 1] who are called Granvillais.[1]
Granville, Manche Media
The Granville-Paris Express which overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus on 22 October 1895
Map of Roman Gaul, established in the 18th century; Grannonũ (read Grannonum) appears above the territory of the Abrincatui.
Granville on the Cassini map
Plan de Granville en 1846, publié dans la "Notice sur la ville de Granville" de Guidelou
The burning of Granville by the Vendéens, painting by Jean-François Hue.
The port of Granville at the start of the 19th century
La Plage [The Beach] by Eugène Isabey, 1863
The beach of the Plat Gousset at the start of the 20th century
The railways of Manche circulated trains on the Granville–Sourdeval line and the Condé-sur-Vire–Granville line from 1908–1909 to 1936.
Notes
- ↑ Municipal population, 2012.
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