With an area of 5,938 km², the département of Manche is located in the région of Basse-Normandie.
The préfecture
is Saint-Lô and the sous-préfectures are Avranches, Cherbourg and Coutances.
Neighbouring departments are Calvados, Ille-et-Vilaine,
Mayenne and Orne.
The department is named after the Manche, the French name for the
English Channel.
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