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Granville, Normandy

Granville
Commune
The harbour of Granville, with Notre-Dame church in the background
The harbour of Granville, with Notre-Dame church in the background
Flag of Granville
Flag
Coat of arms of Granville
Coat of arms
Granville is located in France
Granville
Granville
Coordinates: 48°50′N 1°36′W / 48.84°N 1.60°W / 48.84; -1.60Coordinates: 48°50′N 1°36′W / 48.84°N 1.60°W / 48.84; -1.60
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Avranches
Canton Granville
Intercommunality Granville, Terre et Mer
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Caruhel
Area1 9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 12,687
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50218 /50400
Elevation 0–67 m (0–220 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Granville (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃.vil]) is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France. Chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer (), it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay at the end of the Côte des Havres (), a former cod fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the north" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory.

The town was founded by a vassal of William the Conqueror, on land occupied by the Vikings, in the 11th century. The old privateer city and fortification, for the defence of Mont Saint-Michel, became a seaside resort in the 19th century which was frequented by many artists, and equipped with a golf course and a horse racing course. Home of the Dior family () of industrialists, an important commune which absorbed the village of Saint-Nicolas-près-Granville in 1962, port and airport of South Manche, it has also been a Douzelage city since 1991, twinned with twenty European cities. Administratively, the islands of Chausey, which include a small harbour, are part of the commune of Granville.


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