Donville-les-Bains

Donville-les-Bains is a commune in the Manche department in northwestern France.

Donville-les-Bains
Commune
The beach at Donville-les-Bains
Location of Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains
Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonGranville
IntercommunalityGranville, Terre et Mer
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Paul Launay
Area
1
2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,166
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Donvillais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50165 /50350
Elevation0–68 m (0–223 ft)
Websitewww.ville-donville-les-bains.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Introduction

Donville-les-Bains is located just outside Granville, a port on the Norman coast noted for ferry traffic to the Channel Islands. Rail service is available from Granville to Paris on a regular basis provided by SNCF, the French National Railway.

The town is also the origin of the English language surname Dunville/Dumville (originally Donville), which is found throughout the UK and former British colonies. People descended from this Norman line can be found in concentrations around Toronto, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and South Carolina. (However, Dunville, Newfoundland was not named after Donville-les-Bains; Dunville was named after the founding Dunphy family.)

Heraldry
Arms of Donville-les-Bains
 The arms of Donville-les-Bains are blazoned :
Gules, a sea-horse [i.e. a mythical hippocampus], and in chief a sun of 8 points Or.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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