Flamanville | |
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 The signal station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Flamanville | |
Flamanville Flamanville | |
| Coordinates: 49°31′53″N 1°51′55″W / 49.5314°N 1.8653°W / 49.5314; -1.8653 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
| Canton | Les Pieux |
| Intercommunality | CA Cotentin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Franck Brisset1 |
Area 1 | 7.22 km2 (2.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 1,639 |
| • Density | 227/km2 (588/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50184 /50340 |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Flamanville (French pronunciation: [flamɑ̃vil]) is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.
Port
The port of Flamanville, in the northern part of the commune, is known as Diélette. During the summer a high-speed passenger ferry is operated from there to Alderney and Guernsey by Manche Iles Express.3
Heraldry
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The arms of Flamanville are blazoned : Per fess 1: Azure, a lion passant and in base 3 barrulets argent; 2: Gules, 3 'maisons' (towers) Or. Upper part Bazan, lower part Sesmaisons.
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Nuclear plants
On its territory is installed the seaside Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant, established there in the 1980s, with two PWR reactors of 1300 MWe each, which were put into operation in 1986 and 1987.
A third reactor (an EPR) came into operation in December 2024 after years of delay and cost overruns.
There are also plans for later fourth reactor.
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Manche Iles Express website Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
External links
- Official website of the Mairie Archived 9 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- EPR - Flamanville 3 project Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Construction halted at flagship French nuclear reactor over problems in concrete base
- Greenpeace activists block restart of French nuclear reactor construction Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Greenpeace resumes protest actions against Flamanville-3