What is the largest city of Manche?

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 78,258 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Lô (19,471).

How many cities does Manche have?

7 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Manche has far more communes than that.

Which city of Manche is the densest?

Granville, at 1,257 inhab./km², against 353 inhab./km² for the cities of Manche taken together.

Which region is Manche in?

Normandie, which this dataset carries 50 cities of.

Which cities are in Manche?

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (78,258), Saint-Lô (19,471), Granville (12,510), La Hague (11,484), Carentan-les-Marais (10,218), Avranches (10,143), Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of Manche (50)

Manche carries 7 cities in this dataset, 142,107 inhabitants between them. The largest is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (78,258), the smallest Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23).

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Cities7
Inhabitants142,107
DensestGranville1,257 inhab./km²
Largest areaLa Hague149.6 km²

The 7 cities of Manche, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	78,258	1,146	68.3
2	Saint-Lô	19,471	838	23.2
3	Granville	12,510	1,257	9.9
4	La Hague	11,484	77	149.6
5	Carentan-les-Marais	10,218	75	136
6	Avranches	10,143	916	11.1
7	Le Mont-Saint-Michel	23	6	4

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the largest city of Manche?: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 78,258 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Lô (19,471).
How many cities does Manche have?: 7 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Manche has far more communes than that.
Which city of Manche is the densest?: Granville, at 1,257 inhab./km², against 353 inhab./km² for the cities of Manche taken together.
Which region is Manche in?: Normandie, which this dataset carries 50 cities of.
Which cities are in Manche?: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (78,258), Saint-Lô (19,471), Granville (12,510), La Hague (11,484), Carentan-les-Marais (10,218), Avranches (10,143), Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.