Saint-Pierre-Langers
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saint-Pierre-Langers
|commune status = Commune
|image = Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-Langers (4).JPG
|caption = The church of Saint-Pierre
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Pierre-Langer (Manche).svg
|arrondissement = Avranches
|canton = Avranches
|INSEE = 50540
|postal code = 50530
|term = 2023–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|48.7853|-1.4964|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 40
|elevation min m = 7
|elevation max m = 121
|area km2 = 8.40
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Saint-Pierre-Langers ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ pjɛʁ lɑ̃ʒe}}) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/50540-saint-pierre-langers INSEE commune file]
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason_ville fr Saint-Pierre-Langer (Manche).svg
| legend1=Arms of Saint-Pierre-Langers
| text=The arms of Saint-Pierre-Langers are blazoned :
Or, a cross gules, on a chief azure 2 mullets argent.
:These arms are borrowed from the L'Empereur family, lords of Saint-Pierre-Langers.
}}
Personalities linked to the commune
- Philippe Badin, 18th abbot of La Lucerne Abbey (?-1452), who laid the first stone at the fortress of Granville.
- Anatole France, stayed here twice in his youth and described the commune in a chapter 11 of La Vie en fleur.[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Vie_en_fleur/Chapitre_XI La Vie en fleur, ch 11] at Wikisource
See also
References
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