Le Mesnil, Manche

Le Mesnil

The church of Saint-Martin
Le Mesnil

Coordinates: 49°22′12″N 1°41′37″W / 49.37°N 1.6936°W / 49.37; -1.6936Coordinates: 49°22′12″N 1°41′37″W / 49.37°N 1.6936°W / 49.37; -1.6936
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Barneville-Carteret
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Côte des Isles
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Daniel Mellet
Area1 3.45 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 186
  Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50299 / 50580
Elevation 20–76 m (66–249 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Mesnil is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

It consists of a three property hamlet 1 km to the west of Barenton. The existing traditional stone properties are believed to have been built around 1830-1840 and became the centre of the cider making exploits of the nearby farms. In some decay, there is also a round capped bread oven in which, there is living memory of it being used after the Second World War (1949).

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