Omonville-la-Petite explained

Omonville-la-Petite
Arrondissement:Cherbourg
Canton:La Hague
Commune:La Hague
Insee:50385
Postal Code:50440
Coordinates:49.7°N -1.883°W
Elevation M:50
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:181
Area Km2:6.16
Population:119
Population Date:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]

Omonville-la-Petite (pronounced as /fr/) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2]

Ormonville is known to be the place where French poet Jacques Prévert (1900–1977) lived the last years of his life and where he is buried.

It is also the birthplace of French biologist Félix Mesnil (1868–1938).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populations de référence 2022. fr. Reference populations 2022. INSEE. December 2024.
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/27/INTB1629328A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral