Coutances, Manche Département, Normandy, France
🇫🇷 Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
History The capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus. The surrounding region, called in Latin the pagus Constantinus, subsequently became known as the Cotentin Peninsula.
The town was destroyed by the invading Normans in 866; they later established settlements and incorporated the whole peninsula into the Duchy of Normandy in 933.
On 17 July 1944, during the Battle of Normandy during World War II, the city was bombed during the Allied offensive against the occupying Germans.
Sights Coutances Cathedral is one of the major buildings of Norman architecture and contains a chapel and stained glass dedicated to Saint Marcouf. The bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569.
Coutances houses a well-known botanical garden and an art museum.
Jazz festival Coutances is the location of Jazz sous les pommiers ("Jazz under the apple trees"), an annual jazz festival held since 1982. The festival traditionally takes place during the week of Ascension.
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Coutances has a population of over 8,454 people. Coutances also forms the centre of the wider Coutances Arrondissement which has a population of over 70,845 people. It is also a part of the larger Manche Département.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Coutances has links with:
🏴 Ilkley, England 🇨🇦 La Pocatière, Canada 🇩🇪 Ochsenfurt, Germany 🇯🇪 St Ouen, Jersey 🇮🇹 Troina, Italy🇺🇦 Kremenchuk 49.05
🇨🇦 Abbotsford 49.052
🇨🇿 Uherské Hradiště 49.067
🇺🇦 Kremenchug 49.076
🇸🇰 Ružomberok 49.081
🇸🇰 Liptovský Mikuláš 49.083
🇫🇷 Cergy-Pontoise 49.042
🇩🇪 Weißenburg in Bayern 49.017
🏴 Chesterfield -1.429
🏴 Northallerton -1.429
🇫🇷 La Roche-sur-Yon -1.426
🏴 South Shields -1.417
🏴 Southampton -1.4
🏴 Sunderland -1.38
Locations Near: Coutances -1.44423,49.0491
🇫🇷 Avranches -1.361,48.681 d: 41.4
🇫🇷 Vire Normandie -0.889,48.838 d: 46.9
🇫🇷 Cherbourg -1.62,49.63 d: 65.8
🇫🇷 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin -1.625,49.639 d: 66.9
🇯🇪 St Helier -2.1,49.183 d: 50
🇯🇪 Saint Helier -2.1,49.183 d: 50
🇫🇷 Saint Malo -2.007,48.649 d: 60.6
🇫🇷 Saint-Malo -2.008,48.648 d: 60.7
Antipodal to: Coutances 178.556,-49.049
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19249.6
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19086.4
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19098.9
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19098.9
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19102.2
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19093.1
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19313.5
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19087.9
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19202.1
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19021.1