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Department of France
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Manche is the "longest" department in France, when measured in road kilometers.
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a port city with ferries to UK and Ireland
has a museum containing manuscripts from Mont-Saint-Michel
has a fine Norman cathedral and an annual jazz festival
its beautiful old town full of laneways towering over the rest of the town
its historic centre has been restored after being devastated in World War II
UNESCO World Heritage Norman Benedictine Abbey on an island rock isolated by the high tide
perhaps the most famous "D-day village" of all
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