Flamanville, Manche

Commune in Normandy, France

Flamanville
Commune
The signal station The signal station
Coat of arms of Flamanville Coat of arms
Location of Flamanville Map
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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 Brisset^[1]
Area ¹	7.22 km² (2.79 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	1,682
• Density	230/km² (600/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

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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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Arms of Flamanville

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.

Nuclear plants

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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.