Graignes () is a former
commune in the
Manche
Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
of the
Basse-Normandie region of Northern
France
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. On 28 February 2007, it was merged with the commune of
Le Mesnil-Angot to form
Graignes-Mesnil-Angot.
[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=INTB0700167A Official Journal no. 56 (dated 7 March 2007), p. 4378, text no. 26]
See also
*
Battle of Graignes
References
Former communes of Manche
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