Coutances

commune in Manche, France

Coutances is a town on the Cotentin Peninsula of Lower Normandy, south of Cherbourg.

The town has existed since Roman times, functioning mainly as a market town for the surrounding agricultural area.

Understand

Get in

Roads connect the town to other places on the peninsula: Cherbourg to the north, Saint-Lô to the east, Granville and Avranches to the south. Cherbourg has ferries from the UK and Ireland. From Avranches, roads go west to Saint-Malo and beyond or south to Rennes and beyond.

Get around

See

Notre Dame cathedral, Coutances

There is a fine Norman cathedral.

Do

There is an annual jazz festival in the spring (normally the 1st week of Ascension).

Buy

  • 🌍 E.Leclerc (Supermarket), 9027 Ave de la Division Leclerc, 50200 Coutances, ☏ +33 233 76 63 63. M-Th 09:00-19:30, F 09:00-20:00, Sa 09:00-19:15. To the N of the town (updated Jul 2018)

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • 🌍 Municipal Les Vignettes, ☏ +33 233 45 43 13. Municipal camp site. Office times vary (from official published times). Open all year round. (updated Jul 2018)

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