Biville () is a former
commune in the
Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.[department
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in the
Normandy
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region
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in northwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune
La Hague
La Hague () is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Beaumont-Hague (the seat), Acqueville, Auderville, Biville, Branville-Hague, ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
27 September 2016
Population
See also
*Communes of the Manche department
The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrativ ...
Information and images about Biville Dunes
, area of outstanding natural beauty and military memorial.
References
Former communes of Manche
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