Donville-les-Bains

Donville-les-Bains
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W / 48.8467°N 1.581°W / 48.8467; -1.581Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W / 48.8467°N 1.581°W / 48.8467; -1.581
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Granville
Intercommunality	Granville, Terre et Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gaëlle Fagnen
Area 1	2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,138
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	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.

Donville-les-Bains (French pronunciation: ​[dɔ̃vil le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Manche department in northwestern France.

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),^{[citation needed]} which is found throughout the UK and former British colonies.^{[citation needed]} People descended from this Norman line can be found in concentrations around Toronto, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and South Carolina.^{[citation needed]} (However, Dunville, Newfoundland was not named after Donville-les-Bains; Dunville was named after the founding Dunphy family.)

Heraldry[]

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.

See also[]

• Communes of the Manche department

References[]

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