Barneville-Carteret

Barneville-Carteret
La plage de Carteret puis d'Hatainville, vue du Cap de Carteret.
Barneville-Carteret
Location within Lower Normandy region  Barneville-Carteret
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Barneville-Carteret
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Côte des Isles
Mayor	Jean-Luc Boussard (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–100 m (0–330 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
Land area1	10.29 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population2	2,334  (2006)
- Density	227 /km2 (590 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50031/ 50270
Website	www.barneville-carteret.net
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barneville-Carteret is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France. It is situated on the western coast of the Cotentin peninsula some 30 km south of Cherbourg. It consists of three small urban areas, Barneville Bourg, Barneville Plage and Carteret. The principal economic activities are tourism, farming and fishing.

The area has been settled since neolithic times - there is evidence of settlement on Cap Carteret, which defines the western extremity of the commune.

Heraldry

The arms of Barneville-Carteret are blazoned : Gules, a tower argent masoned sable, and in chief, in fess 4 lozenges conjoined argent. These arms are based on those of the Carteret family, lords of Carteret to 1204.

See also

A more detailed version can be found in the French language version of Wikipedia by following the attached link:http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneville-Carteret

• Communes of the Manche department