Manche
French depairtment
Manche (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃ʃ]) is a French depairtment in Lawer Normandy (Basse-Normandie), named for the Inglis Channel, which is kent as La Manche, leeterally "the sleeve", in French, that borders its north an wast shores an pairt o its east shore.
Manche | |
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 Prefectur biggin o the Manche depairtment, in Saint-Lô | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Manche in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 49°03′N 01°15′E / 49.050°N 1.250°ECoordinates: 49°03′N 01°15′E / 49.050°N 1.250°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Lawer Normandy |
| Prefectur | Saint-Lô |
| Subprefecturs | Avranches Cherbourg-Octeville Coutances |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean-François Le Grand |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5938 km2 (2,293 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 495,153 |
| • Rank | 52nt |
| • Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Depairtment nummer | 50 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 27 |
| Communes | 602 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 | |