Donville-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃vil le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Manche department, northwestern France.
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Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Manche |
Arrondissement | Avranches |
Canton | Granville |
Intercommunality | Granville, Terre et Mer |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gaëlle Fagnen |
Area 1 | 2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi) |
Population | 3,109 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Donvillais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 50165 /50350 |
Elevation | 0–68 m (0–223 ft) |
Website | www.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. |
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),[citation needed] which is found throughout the UK and former British colonies.[citation needed] People descended from this Norman line can be found in concentrations around Toronto, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and South Carolina.[citation needed] (However, Dunville, Newfoundland was not named after Donville-les-Bains; Dunville was named after the founding Dunphy family.)
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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.
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