Manche department

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department of France

Manche department is a coastal administrative region in Normandy, northwestern France, known for its role in the D-Day landings and its rugged shoreline along the English Channel.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Manche	0
department of Manche	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of France ⓘ
administrativeRegionType	department ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountryBySea	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Saint-Lô NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Channel Islands (French territorial waters nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotentin Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Mont-Saint-Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
departmentNumber	50 ⓘ
formerRegionBefore2016	Lower Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastType	rocky coast ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasMajorTown	Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherbourg-en-Cotentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Coutances NERFINISHED ⓘ Granville NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Lô NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	World War II military operations in Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	coastal landscapes ⓘ proximity to D-Day landing beaches ⓘ role in World War II ⓘ rugged shoreline ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalProvince	Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Cotentin Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ La Manche NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
prefecture	Saint-Lô NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalLanguage	Gallo NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman ⓘ
subprefecture	Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherbourg-en-Cotentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Coutances NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Calvados department → borders → Manche department ⓘ

Carentan → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ

Carentan-les-Marais → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ

Chausey (historically associated) → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ

subject surface form: Chausey

this entity surface form: department of Manche

Sainte-Mère-Église → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ

Utah Beach Museum → locatedInRegion → Manche department ⓘ

Cherbourg → partOf → Manche department ⓘ

Tocqueville, Manche, France → partOf → Manche department ⓘ

this entity surface form: department of Manche

Utah Beach → region → Manche department ⓘ