Montmartin-en-Graignes
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| local community | Carentan-les-Marais | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Lô | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 9 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 50620 | |
| Former INSEE code | 50348 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.montmartin-en-graignes.fr/ | |
Montmartin-en-Graignes is a town and commune Déléguée in French community Carentan-les-Marais with 602 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The inhabitants are called Montmartinais .
geography
Montmartin-en-Graignes is about twenty kilometers north of Saint-Lô . The river Vire flows through and limits the village to the east, to the west of the Taute . The old Canal de Vire et Taute crosses the municipality to the south . The neighborhoods of Montmartin-en-Graignes are Carentan les Marais with Saint-Pellerin and Les Veys in the north,
- Isigny-sur-Mer and Neuilly-la-Forêt in the east and northeast,
- Saint-Fromond in the southeast,
- Saint-Jean-de-Daye and Le Mesnil-Véneron in the south,
- Graignes-Mesnil-Angot in the south and south-west,
- Saint-André-de-Bohon in the southwest,
- Terre-et-Marais with Saint-Georges-de-Bohon to the west and south-west,
- Saint-Hilaire-Petitville to the west and north-west.
The national route 174 runs through the village .
history
On January 1, 2019, Montmartin-en-Graignes was incorporated into the Commune nouvelle Carentan-les-Marais and has been a Commune déléguée ever since. It belonged to the arrondissement of Saint-Lô and the canton of Pont-Hébert (until 2015: canton of Saint-Jean-de-Daye ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 737 | 651 | 582 | 552 | 526 | 522 | 540 | 564 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 12th century
- Les Vignes castle from the 15th century
- Nature reserve of the Taute salt marshes
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