Montpinchon

Administration
Montpinchon

Montpinchon church
Montpinchon
Location within Lower Normandy region Montpinchon
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Cerisy-la-Salle
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton de Cerisy-la-Salle
Mayor	Joël Cailloux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	37–148 m (121–486 ft) (avg. 142 m/466 ft)
Land area¹	16.94 km² (6.54 sq mi)
Population²	539 (2006)
- Density	32 /km² (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50350/ 50210
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Montpinchon is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Heraldry

	The arms of Montpinchon are blazoned : Or, on a mount vert 2 keys in saltire argent, issuant from the mount 3 pine trees sable, and in chief in fess 3 annulets gules. Canting arms. rebus mount+pine ; the 3 annulets are a reference to the arms of the Caillebot de La Salle family, former lords of Montpinchon and Cerisy