Saint-Amand, Manche

Saint-Amand 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 Saint-Amand-Villages.[2] It is populated by 2292 people (2017).

Saint-Amand
Part of Saint-Amand-Villages
Location of Saint-Amand
Saint-Amand
Saint-Amand
Coordinates: 49°02′37″N 0°57′46″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementSaint-Lô
CantonCondé-sur-Vire
CommuneSaint-Amand-Villages
Area
1
29.2 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
2,292
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
50160
Elevation43–218 m (141–715 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry
Arms of Saint-Amand
 The arms of Saint-Amand are blazoned :
Lozengy argent and gules.
These arms are borrowed from the Grimaldi family (of Goyon-Matignon, extinct, former counts of Torigni), former lords of Saint-Amand.
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See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 22 July 2016 (in French)



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