La Glacerie

La Glacerie
Part of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
The racecourse
Location of La Glacerie
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Coordinates: 49°36′39″N 1°36′03″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Cherbourg-Octeville-2
Commune	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Area ^1	18.7 km^2 (7.2 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	5,867
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50470
Elevation	5–178 m (16–584 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Glacerie (French pronunciation: [la ɡlas(ə)ʁi]) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.[2]

Heraldry

Arms of La Glacerie

The arms of La Glacerie are blazoned : Azure, a chevron argent charged near the point with a rose gules, between 2 plates fimbriated Or (mirrors) and a belltower argent issuant from a barrulet gules, in chief a fleur de lys Or.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (in French)