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Manche

Manche is a French département, number 50, called after La Manche ("the sleeve"), which is the French name of the English Channel.

Préfecture (capital): Saint Lo[?].

Sous préfectures[?]: Avranches[?], Cherbourg and Coutrance[?].

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