Savigny, Manche

Savigny
Commune
The church of Notre-Dame
Coat of arms
Location of Savigny
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Coordinates: 49°03′02″N 1°20′15″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Quettreville-sur-Sienne
Intercommunality	Coutances Mer et Bocage
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Leclerc[1]
Area ^1	10.16 km^2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	439
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50569 /50210
Elevation	35–135 m (115–443 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

interior of the Église Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe

Savigny (French pronunciation: [saviɲi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Its historic sites include the church of Notre-Dame-et-Sainte-Barbe which has an early 12th-century Romanesque apse and 14th-century murals portraying the martyrdom of Saint Barbara.^[3] Wikimedia Commons featured an image of the interior as its "Picture of the Day" for December 4, 2024.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie, ed. (2013). Le patrimoine en Normandie. Paris: Éd. Place des Victoires. pp. 420–21. ISBN 978-2-8099-1056-8.
4. "Wikimedia Commons". commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 4 December 2024.