Arrondissement of Saint-Lô

Arrondissement in Normandy, France

Saint-Lô
Arrondissement
Location within the region Normandy Location within the region Normandy
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
No. of communes	87
Prefecture	Saint-Lô
Area	1,277.3 km² (493.2 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]	103,850
• Density	81/km² (210/sq mi)
INSEE code	504

The arrondissement of Saint-Lô is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region. It has 87 communes.^[2] Its population is 103,820 (2021), and its area is 1,277.3 km² (493.2 sq mi).^[3]

Composition

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The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Lô, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

Agneaux (50002)
Airel (50004)
Amigny (50006)
Auvers (50023)
La Barre-de-Semilly (50032)
Baudre (50034)
Beaucoudray (50039)
Bérigny (50046)
Beslon (50048)
Beuvrigny (50050)
Biéville (50054)
La Bloutière (50060)
Bourguenolles (50069)
Bourgvallées (50546)
Canisy (50095)
Carantilly (50098)
Carentan-les-Marais (50099)
Cavigny (50106)
Cerisy-la-Forêt (50110)
Champrepus (50118)
Chérencé-le-Héron (50130)
La Colombe (50137)
Condé-sur-Vire (50139)
Couvains (50148)
Dangy (50159)
Le Dézert (50161)
Domjean (50164)
Fleury (50185)
Fourneaux (50192)
Gouvets (50214)
Graignes-Mesnil-Angot (50216)
Le Guislain (50225)
La Haye-Bellefond (50234)
Lamberville (50261)
La Lande-d'Airou (50262)
Le Lorey (50279)
La Luzerne (50283)
Margueray (50291)
Marigny-le-Lozon (50292)
Maupertuis (50295)
La Meauffe (50297)
Méautis (50298)
Le Mesnil-Amey (50302)
Le Mesnil-Eury (50310)
Le Mesnil-Rouxelin (50321)
Le Mesnil-Véneron (50324)
Montabot (50334)
Montbray (50338)
Montrabot (50351)
Montreuil-sur-Lozon (50352)
Moon-sur-Elle (50356)
Morigny (50357)
Moyon-Villages (50363)
Percy-en-Normandie (50393)
Le Perron (50398)
Pont-Hébert (50409)
Quibou (50420)
Rampan (50423)
Remilly-les-Marais (50431)
Saint-Amand-Villages (50444)
Saint-André-de-Bohon (50445)
Saint-André-de-l'Épine (50446)
Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle (50455)
Sainte-Cécile (50453)
Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire (50556)
Saint-Fromond (50468)
Saint-Georges-d'Elle (50473)
Saint-Georges-Montcocq (50475)
Saint-Germain-d'Elle (50476)
Saint-Gilles (50483)
Saint-Jean-de-Daye (50488)
Saint-Jean-d'Elle (50492)
Saint-Jean-de-Savigny (50491)
Saint-Lô (50502)
Saint-Louet-sur-Vire (50504)
Saint-Martin-de-Bonfossé (50512)
Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly (50538)
Saint-Vigor-des-Monts (50563)
Terre-et-Marais (50564)
Tessy-Bocage (50592)
Thèreval (50239)
Torigny-les-Villes (50601)
Tribehou (50606)
La Trinité (50607)
Villebaudon (50637)
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny (50639)
Villiers-Fossard (50641)

History

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The arrondissement of Saint-Lô was created in 1800.^[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Manche, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of Coutances, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of Coutances.^[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Lô were, as of January 2015:^[6]