Fermanville

Fermanville
The Cape Lévi lighthouse The Cape Lévi lighthouse
Fermanville
Location within Lower Normandy region Fermanville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Saint-Pierre-Église
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Saint-Pierre-Église
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Nicole Belliot-Delacour
Area1	11.60 km2 (4.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,420
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50178 / 50840
Elevation	0–136 m (0–446 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fermanville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

French submarine Prométhée sank off Fermanville on 7 July 1932.

Places of Interest

File:Viaduc de Fermanville.jpg

Fermanville Viaduct

File:Fort Levi.JPG

Fort Lévi.

• Fort Lévi : fort built in 1801 on Napoleon's orders ;
• Railway viaduct located in the vallée des moulins village, used until 1951 for the Cherbourg-Barfleur train ;

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

External links

• Fermanville official website (in French)