Manche

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French department

Manche is a coastal department in the Normandy region of northwestern France, known for its rugged shoreline along the English Channel and historic sites such as Mont-Saint-Michel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
borders English Channel ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form: Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel
bordersDepartment Calvados ⓘ
Ille-et-Vilaine ⓘ
Mayenne ⓘ
Orne ⓘ
capital Saint-Lô ⓘ
contains Channel Islands coastal waters ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
containsCity Avranches ⓘ
Barneville-Carteret ⓘ
Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Coutances ⓘ
Granville ⓘ
Saint-Lô ⓘ
Valognes ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType department ⓘ
departmentCode 50 ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn English Channel ⓘ
hasFeature bocage landscape ⓘ
coastal cliffs ⓘ
marshlands ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Abbaye de Hambye ⓘ
Coutances Cathedral ⓘ
Fort du Roule ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
knownFor Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
rugged shoreline ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy

Western France ⓘ
surface form: northwestern France
locatedOn Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter English Channel ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
surface form: La Manche
partOf French Republic ⓘ
prefecture Saint-Lô ⓘ
region Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy
subprefecture Avranches ⓘ
Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Coutances ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

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

Georges Sorel → placeOfBirth → Manche ⓘ