Manche department

E98526
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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Manche department canonical 39
department of Manche 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France ⓘ
administrativeRegionType department ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater English Channel ⓘ
bordersCountryBySea United Kingdom ⓘ
capital Saint-Lô ⓘ
contains Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Channel Islands (French territorial waters nearby)

Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf France ⓘ
departmentNumber 50 ⓘ
formerRegionBefore2016 Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Lower Normandy
hasCoastlineOn English Channel ⓘ
hasCoastType rocky coast ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMajorTown Avranches ⓘ
Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Coutances ⓘ
Granville ⓘ
Saint-Lô ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: World War II military operations in Normandy
knownFor coastal landscapes ⓘ
proximity to D-Day landing beaches ⓘ
role in World War II ⓘ
rugged shoreline ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy

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

Coutances ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Utah Beach → region → Manche department ⓘ
Chausey (historically associated) → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
subject surface form: Chausey
this entity surface form: department of Manche
Carentan-les-Marais → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Sainte-Mère-Église → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Cherbourg → partOf → Manche department ⓘ
Tocqueville, Manche, France → partOf → Manche department ⓘ
this entity surface form: department of Manche
Utah Beach Museum → locatedInRegion → Manche department ⓘ
Calvados department → borders → Manche department ⓘ
Carentan → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Mortain → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Gréville-Hague → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Manche department ⓘ
Granville → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Manche department ⓘ
Angoville-au-Plain → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Angoville-au-Plain → formerCommuneOf → Manche department ⓘ
Houesville → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Manche department ⓘ
Saint-Côme-du-Mont → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Manche department ⓘ
Brévands → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Douve River valley → region → Manche department ⓘ
arrondissement of Saint-Lô → partOf → Manche department ⓘ
arrondissement of Saint-Lô → subdivisionOf → Manche department ⓘ
canton of Carentan-les-Marais → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Carentan station → locatedInSubregion → Manche department ⓘ
arrondissement of Cherbourg → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Manche department ⓘ
arrondissement of Cherbourg → partOf → Manche department ⓘ
this entity surface form: department of Manche
Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin → formerCommuneOf → Manche department ⓘ
La Hogue → administrativeRegion → Manche department ⓘ
Norman language → spokenIn → Manche department ⓘ
fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Avranches → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Valognes → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Saint-Lô → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Saint-Lô → administrativeCenterOf → Manche department ⓘ
Saint-Lô → isPrefectureOf → Manche department ⓘ
Coutances → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Coutances → subprefectureOf → Manche department ⓘ
Barneville-Carteret → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Abbaye de Hambye → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ
Fort du Roule → locatedIn → Manche department ⓘ