Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃vil le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Manche department, northwestern France.
Donville-les-Bains | |
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 The beach at Donville-les-Bains | |
Location of Donville-les-Bains | |
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| Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Granville |
| Intercommunality | Granville, Terre et Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gaëlle Fagnen[1] |
| Area 1 | 2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,081 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Donvillais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50165 /50350 |
| Elevation | 0–68 m (0–223 ft) |
| Website | www.ville-donville-les-bains.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Introduction
Donville-les-Bains is located just outside Granville, a port on the Norman coast noted for ferry traffic to the Channel Islands. Rail service is available from Granville to Paris on a regular basis provided by SNCF, the French National Railway.
The town is also the origin of the English language surname Dunville/Dumville (originally Donville), which is found throughout the UK and former British colonies. People descended from this Norman line can be found in concentrations around Toronto, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and South Carolina. (However, Dunville, Newfoundland was not named after Donville-les-Bains; Dunville was named after the founding Dunphy family.)
Heraldry
 Arms of Donville-les-Bains |
The arms of Donville-les-Bains are blazoned : Gules, a sea-horse [i.e. a mythical hippocampus], and in chief a sun of 8 points Or.
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See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
