La Glacerie

La Glacerie
The racecourse
La Glacerie
Location within Normandy region
La Glacerie
Coordinates: 49°36′39″N 1°36′03″W / 49.6108°N 1.6008°W / 49.6108; -1.6008Coordinates: 49°36′39″N 1°36′03″W / 49.6108°N 1.6008°W / 49.6108; -1.6008
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Cherbourg-Octeville-2
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Lemarchand
Area1 18.7 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 5,043
  Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 50203 /50470
Elevation 5–178 m (16–584 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)

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.

La Glacerie is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.[1]

Heraldry

The arms of La Glacerie are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron argent charged near the point with a rose gules, between 2 plates fimbriated Or (mirrors) and a belltower argent issuant from a barrulet gules, in chief a fleur de lys Or.

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)


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