Tourlaville

Tourlaville is a French municipality with 15.836 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Manche in Basse-Normandie region.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the English Channel Tourlaville. Tourlaville belongs to CUC ( Communauté urbaine de Cherbourg ) and is situated at the entrance of Val de Saire in the department of Manche.

Place name

Medieval forms of the name predecessor of today's name were: Torlachvilla, Torlavilla or Toulamesnil.

Sister City

Since July 19, 1967, the Lower Saxony district town of Northeim twinned Tourlaville.

Attractions

  • Church of Notre- Dame de Tourlaville
  • Château des Ravalet

Economy

Here is a branch factory of the CMN shipyard.

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