Tourlaville

Tourlaville
Part of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
The church of Notre-Dame
Location of Tourlaville
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Coordinates: 49°38′30″N 1°34′39″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Tourlaville
Commune	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Area ^1	17.19 km^2 (6.64 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	15,995
• Density	930/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50110
Elevation	0–132 m (0–433 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourlaville (French pronunciation: [tuʁlavil]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.[2] In the early modern era, the lords of Tourlaville were the de Ravalet family.[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Tourlaville

The arms of Tourlaville are blazoned : Azure, a tower argent, overall a chevron 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)
3. Floquet. Histoire du Privilège de Saint-Romain. Vol. 11. pp. 445–446.