Montpinchon
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Coutances | |
| Canton | Quettreville-sur-Sienne | |
| Community association | Coutances Mer et Bocage | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 19 ′ W | |
| height | 37-148 m | |
| surface | 16.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 529 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50210 | |
| INSEE code | 50350 | |
Montpinchon is a French municipality with 529 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the canton of Quettreville-sur-Sienne (until 2015: canton of Cerisy-la-Salle ) in the Arrondissement of Coutances . The inhabitants are called Montpinchonnais .
geography
Montpinchon is 19 kilometers south-east of Saint-Lô in the Norman Bocage , a landscape criss-crossed with a large number of hedges that delimit agricultural fields. The Soulles limits the community to the south and west. Neighboring municipalities are Savigny in the north, Cametours in the northeast, Cerisy-la-Salle in the east, Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly in the southeast, Roncey in the south, Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu in the southwest and Ouville in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 776 | 673 | 595 | 528 | 526 | 494 | 539 | 561 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Culture and sights
- Notre-Dame church from the 13th century, alterations from the 16th century
- La Salle Castle from the 18th century
- 17th century Cattehoule Castle
- 17th century mansion of La Vadouvière
