Omonville-la-Petite

Omonville-la-Petite

The church of Saint-Martin
Omonville-la-Petite

Coordinates: 49°42′00″N 1°52′59″W / 49.7°N 1.883°W / 49.7; -1.883Coordinates: 49°42′00″N 1°52′59″W / 49.7°N 1.883°W / 49.7; -1.883
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton Beaumont-Hague
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Hague
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Yveline Gallis
Area1 6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 125
  Density 20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50385 / 50440
Elevation 0–181 m (0–594 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.

Omonville-la-Petite is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

The house of Jacques Prévert in Ormonville

Ormonville is known to be the place where French poet Jacques Prévert (1900–1977) lived the last years of his life and where he is buried.

It is also the birthplace of French biologist Félix Mesnil (1868–1938).

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