Département de la Manche

About Département de la Manche

La Manche has 500,000 inhabitants, 5,938 km² and 355 km of coastline thanks to its peninsular territory. La Manche has 2 regional natural parks, 5 nature reserves, 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites (Mont Saint-Michel and the Vauban Towers of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Tatihou Island), a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage event (Carnival of Granville) and a beach currently being classified by UNESCO as part of the D-Day beaches (Utah Beach). La Manche has 35,611 companies, the leading dairy cow herd in France, the leading hedged farmland department in Normandy, and the leading vegetable-producing department in Normandy. La Manche hosts 65 sports events annually, has 42 listed sites, 292 places to visit, receives over 3.1 million visitors per year, and holds over 200 cultural events each year. La Manche is one department, 8 intercommunalities, and 470 communes. The Departmental Council of La Manche employs 2,454 agents across 6 professional sectors (administrative, technical, cultural, medico-social, social, and animation). It has 113 referenced jobs and 114 sites spread throughout the territory (Department House, medico-social centers, solidarity houses, middle schools, technical agencies, road maintenance centers, sites and museums, departmental archives, La Manche library...). The missions of the Departmental Council cover various areas including social action (elderly, children, family, housing, integration, disability), infrastructure (road projects, works, digital, ports, housing), environment (energy transition, conservation of natural spaces, coastline), economy (businesses, agriculture, tourism), culture (heritage, artistic education, amateur practices, departmental archives), education (middle schools), youth, and sports.