Arrondissement of Avranches

Arrondissement of Avranches
Location of Avranches in Basse-Normandie
Country	France
Region	Basse-Normandie
Department	Manche
Cantons	16
Communes	160
Sous-préfecture	Avranches
Area¹
• Total	1,762 km2 (680.3 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	117,431
• Density	66.6/km2 (172.6/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Avranches is an arrondissement of France, located in the Manche département, in the Basse-Normandie région. It has 16 cantons and 160 communes.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Avranches are:

1. Avranches
2. Barenton
3. Brécey
4. Ducey
5. Granville
6. La Haye-Pesnel
7. Isigny-le-Buat
8. Juvigny-le-Tertre
9. Mortain
10. Pontorson
11. Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
12. Saint-James
13. Saint-Pois
14. Sartilly
15. Sourdeval
16. Le Teilleul

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Avranches, and their INSEE codes, are:

1. Angey (50009)	2. Argouges (50018)	3. Aucey-la-Plaine (50019)	4. Avranches (50025)
5. Bacilly (50027)	6. Barenton (50029)	7. La Bazoge (50037)	8. Beauchamps (50038)
9. Beauficel (50040)	10. Beauvoir (50042)	11. Bellefontaine (50043)	12. Bion (50056)
13. Boisyvon (50062)	14. Braffais (50071)	15. Brouains (50088)	16. Brécey (50074)
17. Buais (50090)	18. Carnet (50100)	19. Carolles (50102)	20. La Chaise-Baudouin (50112)
21. Les Chambres (50114)	22. Champcervon (50115)	23. Champcey (50116)	24. Champeaux (50117)
25. La Chapelle-Cécelin (50121)	26. La Chapelle-Urée (50124)	27. Chasseguey (50125)	28. Chaulieu (50514)
29. Chavoy (50126)	30. Chèvreville (50133)	31. Chérencé-le-Roussel (50131)	32. Les Chéris (50132)
33. Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre (50144)	34. Courtils (50146)	35. Les Cresnays (50152)	36. La Croix-Avranchin (50154)
37. Crollon (50155)	38. Cuves (50158)	39. Céaux (50108)	40. Donville-les-Bains (50165)
41. Dragey-Ronthon (50167)	42. Ducey (50168)	43. Ferrières (50179)	44. Folligny (50188)
45. Fontenay (50189)	46. Le Fresne-Poret (50193)	47. Gathemo (50195)	48. Genêts (50199)
49. Ger (50200)	50. La Godefroy (50205)	51. La Gohannière (50206)	52. Le Grand-Celland (50217)
53. Granville (50218)	54. Hamelin (50229)	55. La Haye-Pesnel (50237)	56. Heussé (50245)
57. Hocquigny (50247)	58. Huisnes-sur-Mer (50253)	59. Husson (50254)	60. Isigny-le-Buat (50256)
61. Juilley (50259)	62. Jullouville (50066)	63. Juvigny-le-Tertre (50260)	64. Lapenty (50263)
65. Lingeard (50271)	66. Les Loges-Marchis (50274)	67. Les Loges-sur-Brécey (50275)	68. Lolif (50276)
69. La Lucerne-d'Outremer (50281)	70. Le Luot (50282)	71. Macey (50284)	72. Marcey-les-Grèves (50288)
73. Marcilly (50290)	74. Martigny (50293)	75. Le Mesnil-Adelée (50300)	76. Le Mesnil-Gilbert (50312)
77. Le Mesnil-Ozenne (50317)	78. Le Mesnil-Rainfray (50318)	79. Le Mesnil-Tôve (50323)	80. Le Mesnillard (50315)
81. Milly (50329)	82. Le Mont-Saint-Michel (50353)	83. Montanel (50337)	84. Montjoie-Saint-Martin (50347)
85. Montviron (50355)	86. Mortain (50359)	87. La Mouche (50361)	88. Moulines (50362)
89. Le Neufbourg (50371)	90. Notre-Dame-de-Livoye (50379)	91. Notre-Dame-du-Touchet (50381)	92. Parigny (50391)
93. Perriers-en-Beauficel (50397)	94. Le Petit-Celland (50399)	95. Plomb (50406)	96. Poilley (50407)
97. Pontaubault (50408)	98. Pontorson (50410)	99. Ponts (50411)	100. Précey (50413)
101. Reffuveille (50428)	102. La Rochelle-Normande (50434)	103. Romagny (50436)	104. Sacey (50443)
105. Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte (50448)	106. Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux (50447)	107. Saint-Barthélemy (50450)	108. Saint-Brice (50451)
109. Saint-Brice-de-Landelles (50452)	110. Saint-Clément-Rancoudray (50456)	111. Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul (50462)	112. Saint-Georges-de-Livoye (50472)
113. Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley (50474)	114. Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (50484)	115. Saint-James (50487)	116. Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize (50489)
117. Saint-Jean-des-Champs (50493)	118. Saint-Jean-du-Corail (50494)	119. Saint-Jean-du-Corail-des-Bois (50495)	120. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas (50496)
121. Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves (50499)	122. Saint-Laurent-de-Terregatte (50500)	123. Saint-Loup (50505)	124. Saint-Martin-de-Landelles (50515)
125. Saint-Martin-des-Champs (50516)	126. Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant (50518)	127. Saint-Maur-des-Bois (50521)	128. Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie (50525)
129. Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois (50529)	130. Saint-Ovin (50531)	131. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer (50532)	132. Saint-Pierre-Langers (50540)
133. Saint-Planchers (50541)	134. Saint-Pois (50542)	135. Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme (50543)	136. Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron (50553)
137. Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches (50554)	138. Saint-Symphorien-des-Monts (50557)	139. Sainte-Marie-du-Bois (50508)	140. Sainte-Pience (50535)
141. Sartilly (50565)	142. Savigny-le-Vieux (50570)	143. Servon (50574)	144. Sourdeval (50582)
145. Subligny (50584)	146. Tanis (50589)	147. Le Tanu (50590)	148. Le Teilleul (50591)
149. Tirepied (50597)	150. Vains (50612)	151. Le Val-Saint-Père (50616)	152. Vengeons (50625)
153. Vergoncey (50627)	154. Vernix (50628)	155. Vessey (50630)	156. Villechien (50638)
157. Villiers-le-Pré (50640)	158. Virey (50644)	159. Yquelon (50647)	160. Équilly (50174)

External links

• Avranches on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

• Canton of Avranches:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Avranches	9,226	4.5 km²	2,050.22/km²	50025	50030	-	-

• Canton of Barenton:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Barenton	1,415	34.88 km²	40.57/km²	50029	50720	-	-

• Canton of Brécey:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Braffais	165	5.79 km²	28.5/km²	50071	50870	-	-
Brécey	2,319	20.96²	1,110.64/km²	50074	50370	-	-

• Reference: Propos de O. L. Barenton, confiseur, book by Auguste Detoeuf

• Canton of Ducey

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	Elevation	Location	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Ducey	2,217	11.21 km²	197.77/km²	50168	50220	-	-
Juilley	484	11.23 km²	43.1/km²	-	-	50259	50220	-	-

• Canton of La Haye-Pesnel:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Beauchamps	359	4.1 km²/410	87.56/km²	50038	50320	-	-
Folligny	777	-	-	50188	50320	-	-
La Haye-Pesnel	1,350	6.29 km²	214.63/km²	50237	50320	-	-

• Canton of Isigny-le-Buat:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	Elevation	Location	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Isigny-le-Buat	3,050	73.31 km²	41.60/km²	-	-	50256	50540	-	-

• Canton of Juvigny-le-Tertre:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
La Bazoge	169	5.8 km²/580	29.14/km²	50037	505230	-	-
Bellefontaine	159	6.73 km²	23.63/km²	50043	50520	-	-
Juvigny-le-Tertre	683	7.5 km²	91.067/km²	-	-	50260	50520	-	-

• Canton of Mortain:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Bion	449	12.26 km²	36.62/km²	50056	50140	-	-

• Canton of Pontorson:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	Location	ELevation	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Aucey-la-Plaine	370	9.39 km²	-	-	50019	50170	-	-
Beauvoir	435	14.29 km²	-	-	30.44/km²	50043	50170	-	-
Le Mont-Saint-Michel	50	3.97 km²	12.59/km²	1.5095/1°30'32" E 48.6365/48°38'11" N	5 m	50353	50170	-	-

• Canton of Saint-James:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Argouges	550	16.41 km²	50018	50240	-	-

• Canton of Saint-Pois:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Boisyvon	277	5.72 km²	48.43/km²	50062	50800	-	-

• Canton of Sartilly:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Dragey-Ronthon	616	-	-	50167	50530	-	-

Population: 616 (1999)

• Canton of Sourdeval:

Name	Population (1999)	Area	Density	INSEE code	Postal code	Name of inhabitants	Website
Beauficel	165	9.13 km²	18.07/km²	50040	50150	-	-
Brouains	218	3.79 km²	57.52/km	50088	50150	-	-²