'''Manche''' is a department in the Basse-Normandie region of France.

Cities

  • Saint-Lo, the prefecture
  • Granville
  • Coutances
  • Cherbourg
  • Valognes
  • Other destinations

  • Mont Saint Michel
  • Understand

    Talk

    Get in

    By train

    The major train stations in the region are:
  • Coming from Paris Gare d'Austerlitz via Caen :
  • * Cherbourg
  • * Valogne
  • Coming from Paris Gare Montparnasse via Vire - Dreux :
  • * Villedieu-les-Poeles
  • * Granville
  • A north-south train route from Caen - Lison towards Dol-de-Bretagne - Rennes stops at secondary train stations in the region.

    Get around

    By car

    Manche is the "longest" department in France, when measured in road kilometers.

    There are roads of every type:

  • Motorways and expressways:
  • * The A84 crosses the department from east to southwest, and is free (no tolls)
  • * The RN13, a 4-lane expressway, links the top of the department to Caen.
  • * The RN174 provides a fast link from the A84 to the RN13. Part is already an expressway and the last two-lane section will be converted to expressway by 2010.
  • National Routes
  • * Since National roads becaome a departmental responsibility, most of these have been converted to departmental roads.
  • Departmental Roads
  • * A large road network supports travel by car anywhere in Manche
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    Itineraries

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