Périers, Manche

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Périers
Périers
Coordinates: 49°11′14″N 1°24′22″W / 49.1872°N 1.4061°W / 49.1872; -1.4061Coordinates: 49°11′14″N 1°24′22″W / 49.1872°N 1.4061°W / 49.1872; -1.4061
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Coutances
Canton Périers
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Sèves et Taute
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gabriel Daube
Area
  Land1 14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 2,450
  Population2 Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50394 / 50190
Elevation 6–36 m (20–118 ft)
(avg. 29 m or 95 ft)

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.

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

History

Périers was liberated by the 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, of the United States Army, on July 27, 1944. [1]

Heraldry

The arms of Périers are blazoned :
Argent, a pear tree eradicated vert and in base a barrulet gules, overall on a bend azure between 2 lions sable, 3 mullets pierced (spur-rowels) Or.

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