Avranches

E322167
commune of France town

Avranches is a historic town in northwestern France, near Mont-Saint-Michel, known for its medieval heritage and role in the liberation of Normandy during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avranches canonical 12
d'Avranches 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus subprefecture of Manche ⓘ
areaSquareKilometers 4.5 ⓘ
associatedWith George S. Patton ⓘ
surface form: General George S. Patton
battle Retreat from Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Avranches breakout
country France ⓘ
demonym Avranchinais ⓘ
departmentCode 50 ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters 120 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters 4 ⓘ
event World War II ⓘ
formerRegion Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Basse-Normandie
hasEconomicActivity retail trade ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilique Saint-Gervais d’Avranches ⓘ
Jardin des Plantes d’Avranches ⓘ
Scriptorial d’Avranches ⓘ
hasMuseum Scriptorial d’Avranches, musée des manuscrits du Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs d’Avranches ⓘ
heritage medieval heritage ⓘ
historicalEvent trial of Thomas Becket’s assassins ⓘ
historicalProvince Normandy ⓘ
historicalRole episcopal see of the Bishop of Avranches ⓘ
INSEECODE 50025 ⓘ
isPartOf Arrondissement of Avranches ⓘ
Canton of Avranches ⓘ
language French ⓘ
liberatedIn 1944 ⓘ
locatedIn Manche department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
near Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
notableFor historic town center ⓘ
views over Mont-Saint-Michel Bay ⓘ
overlooks Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form: Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel
postalCode 50300 ⓘ
roadConnection A84 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleIn liberation of Normandy ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
twinnedWith Crediton ⓘ
Korbach ⓘ
Saint Helier ⓘ
surface form: St. Helier

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manche → subprefecture → Avranches ⓘ
Manche → containsCity → Avranches ⓘ
Saint-Gaudens → twinTown → Avranches ⓘ
Manche department → subprefecture → Avranches ⓘ
subject surface form: Manche
Manche department → hasMajorTown → Avranches ⓘ
subject surface form: Manche
Mortain → locatedNear → Avranches ⓘ
Mortain → locatedSouthOf → Avranches ⓘ
medieval Duchy of Normandy → territoryIncludes → Avranches ⓘ
subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Mont-Saint-Michel → locatedNear → Avranches ⓘ
Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel → near → Avranches ⓘ
Duchy of Normandy → territoryIncludes → Avranches ⓘ
Hugh d'Avranches → familyName → Avranches ⓘ
this entity surface form: d'Avranches
Hugh d'Avranches → placeOfBirth → Avranches ⓘ