What is Manche?
[[Image:Manche-Position.svg|thumb|Manche department]] [[Image:Drapeau non-officiel fr département Manche.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Blason département fr Manche.svg|right|200px]] '''Manche''' is a [[departments of France|department]] found in the west of [[France]] in the [[Normandy]] [[region]]. Its [[prefecture]] is [[Saint-Lô]]. Its population is about 486,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the [[French revolution]]. {{Departments of France}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Manche| ]]