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The arrondissement of Avranches is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 134 communes. Its population is 134,724 (2016), and its area is 1,888.2 km 2 (729.0 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Avranches, and their INSEE codes, are:
El distrito de Avranches es un distrito (en francés arrondissement) de Francia, que se localiza en el departamento de Mancha (en francés Manche ), de la región de Baja Normandía. Cuenta con 16 cantones y 160 comunas. División territorial. Cantones. Los cantones del distrito de Avranches son: Cantón de Avranches. Cantón de Barenton. Cantón de Brécey
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Middle Ages
By the end of the Roman period, the settlement of Ingena, capital of the Abrincatui tribe, had taken the name of the tribe itself. This was the origin of the name Avranches. In 511 the town became the seat of a diocese (suppressed in 1790) and subsequently of a major Romanesque cathedral dedicated to Saint Andrew, Avranches Cathedral, which was dismantled during the French revolutionary period. As the region of Brittany emerged from the Roman region of Armorica, Avranchin was briefly held by...
Modern era
The town lost some influence after the French Revolution during which the diocese was abolished, the bailif was removed and primary and secondary schools were closed. The town was also occupied and raided by troops both pro-republican and anti-revolutionary (Chouans). However, in 1802 the Avranches diocese was restored as part of the Diocese of Coutances. Many English families settled here after the Treaty of Paris (1814). A literary description of the town in the 19th century is recorded in...
Avranches is situated at the southern end of the Cotentin Peninsula on the E40 road connecting Saint-Lô with Brittany and on the rail line between Lison (linking to Caen) and Dol(linking to Rennes). The town was founded on high ground overlooking the dunes and coastal marshes along the bay forming the corner between the peninsulas of the Cotentin a...
A museum, Le Scriptorial, houses the collection of manuscripts of Mont Saint-Michel, deposited in the municipal archives during the French Revolution. It is one of the largest collections of medieval illuminated manuscripts in France, outside national and university libraries. Formerly dominated by the cathedral, where Henry II did penance, an open...
Saint-Gaudens, France, since the autumn of 1944, when the town of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonnefraternally assisted Avranches by giving clothing and food to itAvranches was the birthplace of: 1. General Jean-Marie Valhubert(1764–1805) 2. Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour(1827–1896), statesman 3. Jean-Luc Ponty (born 1942), violinist and jazz composer 4. Samuel Le Bihan(born 1965), a movie actor. 5. Hamon de Massey, Norman lord in the barony of Chester.
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Council of Avranches" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Arrondissement Avranches Region: Normandie: Département: Manche: Unterpräfektur: Avranches: Einwohner: 134.499 (1. Jan. 2021) Bevölkerungsdichte: 71 Einw./km² Fläche: 1.888,23 km² Kantone: 8 Gemeinden: 134 INSEE-Code: 501: Lage des Arrondissements Avranches in der Region Normandie
Avranches [aˈvʀɑ̃ʃ] ist eine französische Stadt mit 10.240 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2021) im Département Manche in der Region Normandie. Avranches ist Verwaltungssitz des Arrondissements Avranches. Mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2019 wurde das benachbarte Saint-Martin-des-Champs eingemeindet. Seither ist Avranches eine Commune ...
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Avranches (capital) • Cantón: Avranches y Isigny-le-Buat • Mancomunidad: Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie: Alcalde: David Nicolas (2020-2026) Superficie • Total: 4,5 km²: Altitud • Media: 108 m m s. n. m. • Máxima: 108 m m s. n. m. • Mínima: 7 m m s. n. m. Población (2021) • Total: 10 240 hab. • Densidad: 2275,56 hab./km²: Huso ...
Avranches is een arrondissement van het Franse departement Manche in de regio Normandië. De onderprefectuur is Avranches. Kantons. Het arrondissement was tot 2014 samengesteld uit de volgende kantons: Kanton Avranches; Kanton Barenton; Kanton Brécey; Kanton Ducey; Kanton Granville; Kanton La Haye-Pesnel; Kanton Isigny-le-Buat
