Percy, Manche

Percy

The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Percy

Coordinates: 48°55′03″N 1°11′17″W / 48.9175°N 1.1881°W / 48.9175; -1.1881Coordinates: 48°55′03″N 1°11′17″W / 48.9175°N 1.1881°W / 48.9175; -1.1881
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Percy (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton de Percy
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Philippe Legallet
Area1 37.04 km2 (14.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,207
  Density 60/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50393 / 50410
Elevation 60–275 m (197–902 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
Website percy.fr

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.

Percy is a village and commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

Heraldry

The arms of Percy are blazoned :
Sable, a chief indented Or.
these arms are borrowed from the de Percy family, lords of Montchamps, Maisoncelle etc.

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