Gouville-sur-Mer
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local community | Gouville sur Mer | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Some | |
Arrondissement | Coutances | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | |
Post Code | 50560 | |
Former INSEE code | 50215 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Former Town hall of Gouville-sur-Mer |
Gouville-sur-Mer is a town and a former French commune with 2,020 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Coutances and the canton of Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande .
With effect from January 1, 2016, Gouville-sur-Mer merged with the former municipality of Boisroger to form the Commune nouvelle Gouville sur Mer (spelling without hyphens) and has the status of a commune déléguée in the new municipality .
geography
The place is located on the Atlantic coast on the Cotentin peninsula , about 35 kilometers west of Saint-Lô and eleven kilometers northwest of Coutances . Gouville sur Mer is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Anneville-sur-Mer in the north, Geffosses in the northeast, Montsurvent in the east, Brainville in the southeast and Blainville-sur-Mer in the south.
Population development of the former municipality
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
Residents | 1,036 | 1.007 | 1,071 | 1,174 | 1,324 | 1,686 | 1.994 | 2.013 |
Source: INSEE
Attractions
- Saint-Malo church from the 14th century, monument historique
- Linverville Church
- Church of Montcarville from the 16th century, interior is registered as a monument historique
- Sénéquet lighthouse
- Gouville Mill
traffic
Department roads D 72 and D 268 intersect in Gouville. In 1909, the station was opened on the narrow-gauge railway line from Coutances to Lessay . In 1937 their operation was stopped again.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arrêté portant création de la commune nouvelle de GOUVILLE-SUR-MER at Manche.gouv.fr, accessed on August 30, 2020
- ↑ Le petit train Coutances - Lessay (1909-1937) at le50enlignebis.free.fr, accessed on August 30, 2020