Jullouville

Groussey is a village in the commune Jullouville, in the Manche département of Normandy, France. It is located 600 m from the sea in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. The nearest two villages are Carolles (to the south) and Bouillon (to the north). A coast road passes to the west (D911) from Carolles in the south through Edenville to Jullouville. Jullouville is a major seaside resort in the summer months. Groussey shares the same postal (zip) code as Jullouville, 50610. Groussey is a tiny settlement, little more than a collection of houses bordering the road, with a couple of side roads including Impasse Des Verts Pres. It is bordered by fields to the west.

Carolles (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔl]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

The Thar is a small river of France, in the administrative region Normandie, département de la Manche. It is 24.8 km (15 mi) long, rising to the east of La Haye-Pesnel and emptying into the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, in the English Channel. In the Middle Ages the Thar formed the traditional boundary between the Cotentin to the north and the Avranchin to the south.

Saint-Pair-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɛʁ syʁ mɛʁ], literally Saint-Pair on Sea) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Champeaux (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃po] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Saint-Jean-le-Thomas (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ lə tɔmɑ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is a small beach town located on Normandy, close to "Le Mont Saint Michel"

Saint-Planchers (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ plɑ̃ʃe]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is the location of the Prieuré de l'Oiselière, a 12th-century priory that is classified as a Monument historique since 1989.

Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ de pʁeo]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

The siege of Granville occurred at Granville, Manche on 14 November 1793. It faced 5,000 Republicans besieged by Vendéen forces during the Virée de Galerne. The battle ended with a Republican victory.

Granville station (French: Gare de Granville) is a railway station serving the commune of Granville, in the Manche department of northwestern France.

Granville (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃.vil] ; Norman: Graunville) is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy, northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer, it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres, a former cod-fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the North" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory. The town was founded by a vassal of William the Conqueror on land occupied by the Vikings in the 11th century. The old privateer city and fortification for the defence of Mont Saint-Michel became a seaside resort in the 19th century which was frequented by many artists and equipped with a golf course and a horse racing course. Home of the Dior family of industrialists, an important commune that absorbed the village of Saint-Nicolas-près-Granville in 1962, port and airport of South Manche, it has also been a Douzelage city since 1991, twinned with 20 European cities. Administratively, the islands of Chausey, the French Channel Islands, which include a small harbour, are part of the commune of Granville.

The Granville raid occurred on the night of 8–9 March 1945 when a German raiding force from the Channel Islands landed in France and brought back supplies, Allied prisoners and former German prisoners of war to their base.