Arrondissement of Coutances


The arrondissement of Coutances is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 81 communes. Its population is 70,845, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Coutances, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Agon-Coutainville
  2. Annoville
  3. Appeville
  4. Auxais
  5. La Baleine
  6. Baupte
  7. Belval
  8. Blainville-sur-Mer
  9. Brainville
  10. Bretteville-sur-Ay
  11. Bricqueville-la-Blouette
  12. Cambernon
  13. Cametours
  14. Camprond
  15. Cerisy-la-Salle
  16. Courcy
  17. Coutances
  18. Créances
  19. Doville
  20. Feugères
  21. La Feuillie
  22. Gavray-sur-Sienne
  23. Geffosses
  24. Gonfreville
  25. Gorges
  26. Gouville-sur-Mer
  27. Gratot
  28. Grimesnil
  29. Hambye
  30. Hauteville-la-Guichard
  31. Hauteville-sur-Mer
  32. La Haye
  33. Heugueville-sur-Sienne
  34. Laulne
  35. Lengronne
  36. Lessay
  37. Lingreville
  38. Marchésieux
  39. Le Mesnil-Garnier
  40. Le Mesnil-Villeman
  41. Millières
  42. Montaigu-les-Bois
  43. Montcuit
  44. Monthuchon
  45. Montmartin-sur-Mer
  46. Montpinchon
  47. Montsenelle
  48. Muneville-le-Bingard
  49. Nay
  50. Neufmesnil
  51. Nicorps
  52. Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly
  53. Orval-sur-Sienne
  54. Ouville
  55. Périers
  56. Pirou
  57. Le Plessis-Lastelle
  58. Quettreville-sur-Sienne
  59. Raids
  60. Regnéville-sur-Mer
  61. Roncey
  62. Saint-Denis-le-Gast
  63. Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu
  64. Saint-Germain-sur-Ay
  65. Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves
  66. Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande
  67. Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny
  68. Saint-Martin-de-Cenilly
  69. Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont
  70. Saint-Patrice-de-Claids
  71. Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
  72. Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont
  73. Saint-Sauveur-Villages
  74. Saint-Sébastien-de-Raids
  75. Saussey
  76. Savigny
  77. Tourville-sur-Sienne
  78. Varenguebec
  79. La Vendelée
  80. Ver
  81. Vesly

    History

The arrondissement of Coutances was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Manche, it gained two communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Lô, and it lost 14 communes to the arrondissement of Avranches, two communes to the arrondissement of Cherbourg and one commune to the arrondissement of Saint-Lô.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Coutances were, as of January 2015:
  1. Bréhal
  2. Cerisy-la-Salle
  3. Coutances
  4. Gavray
  5. La Haye-du-Puits
  6. Lessay
  7. Montmartin-sur-Mer
  8. Périers
  9. Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande
  10. Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin