Saint-Pierre-Langers

Commune in Normandy, France

(2023–2026) Pascal Lemaitre^[1]Area8.40 km² (3.24 sq mi)Population626 • Density75/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation7–121 m (23–397 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.

Saint-Pierre-Langers (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ lɑ̃ʒe]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Pierre-Langers are blazoned : Or, a cross gules, on a chief azure 2 mullets argent. These arms are borrowed from the L'Empereur family, lords of Saint-Pierre-Langers.

Personalities linked to the commune

• Philippe Badin, 18th abbot of La Lucerne Abbey (?-1452), who laid the first stone at the fortress of Granville.
• Anatole France, stayed here twice in his youth and described the commune in a chapter 11 of La Vie en fleur.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References