What is Coutances?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Coutances |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Coutances vue nord.jpg |caption = Coutances Cathedral |image coat of arms = Blason Coutances.svg |arrondissement = Coutances |canton = Coutances |INSEE = 50147 |postal code = 50200 |mayor = Jean-Dominique Bourdin |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = Coutances Mer et Bocage |coordinates = {{coord|49.05|-1.44|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 12 |elevation max m = 150 |area km2 = 12.51 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Coutances''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in [[Normandy]] in the [[Manche]] [[Departments of France|department]] in northwest [[France]]. == Sights == * [[Coutances Cathedral]] * The church of Saint-Nicolas * The church of Saint-Pierre * The chateau of Gratot == Twin towns – sister cities == Coutances is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ochsenfurt]], [[Germany]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Troina]], [[Italy]] * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Ilkley]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] * {{flagicon|UK}} [[Saint Ouen, Jersey|Saint Ouen]], [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]] *{{flagicon|CAN}} [[La Pocatière, Quebec|La Pocatière]], [[Canada]] == References == {{reflist}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Manche]] [[Category:Subprefectures in France]]