Manche
Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
in north-western
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
Geography
Montebourg is located southeast of
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a former Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French departments of France, department of Manche. It was merged into the com ...
.
Population
Heraldry
International relations
Montebourg is twinned with:
* Walheim,*, Germany (1960)
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Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish situated on the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour in the north of Dorset, England. The town is at the centre of the Blackmore Vale, a large dairy agriculture region around w ...
,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
Guernsey
Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...
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file:Montebourg, Jumelage, Sturminster Newton.jpg, Sturminster Newton Partnership Committee
file:Montebourg, Jumelage, Saint Saviour.jpg, Saint Saviour Partnership Committee
Main sights
* Église Saint-Jacques de Montebourg
* Abbaye de Montebourg ( List of Benedictine monasteries in France)
* Statue de Jeanne d'Arc de Montebourg
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file:Abbaye de Montebourg - Nef.JPG,
file:Montebourg - Statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc (4).JPG,
See also
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Communes of the Manche department
The following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Manche
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