Saint-Amand, Manche

Saint-Amand
Saint-Amand
Location within Normandy region
Saint-Amand
Coordinates: 49°02′37″N 0°57′46″W / 49.0436°N 0.9628°W / 49.0436; -0.9628Coordinates: 49°02′37″N 0°57′46″W / 49.0436°N 0.9628°W / 49.0436; -0.9628
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Condé-sur-Vire
Area1 29.2 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,003
 • Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 50444 /50160
Elevation 43–218 m (141–715 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 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.

Saint-Amand is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Amand-Villages.[1] It is populated by 2211 people. The council is composed of nineteen members, including the mayor and four deputies.

Heraldry

 The arms of Saint-Amand are blazoned :
Lozengy argent and gules.
These arms are borrowed from the Grimaldi family (of Goyon-Matignon, extinct, former counts of Torigni), former lords of Saint-Amand.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 22 July 2016 (in French)


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