Les Pieux

Les Pieux

The church of Notre-Dame
Les Pieux

Coordinates: 49°30′50″N 1°48′24″W / 49.5139°N 1.8067°W / 49.5139; -1.8067Coordinates: 49°30′50″N 1°48′24″W / 49.5139°N 1.8067°W / 49.5139; -1.8067
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Les Pieux
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Pieux
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Bruno Cottebrune
Area1 15.25 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,387
  Density 220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50402 / 50340
Elevation 5–132 m (16–433 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 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.

Les Pieux is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is the head commune of the Canton of Les Pieux, and of the communes community of les Pieux.

Les Pieux is also twinned with Lytchett Matravers.

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