Carentan-les-Marais

History

The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Carentan (the seat), Angoville-au-Plain, Houesville, and Saint-Côme-du-Mont. On 1 January 2017 Brévands, Les Veys and Saint-Pellerin joined the commune of Carentan. On 1 January 2019 Brucheville, Catz, Montmartin-en-Graignes, Saint-Hilaire-Petitville and Vierville joined the commune of Carentan. The communes of Carentan, Angoville-au-Plain, Houesville, Saint-Côme-du-Mont, Brévands, Les Veys, Saint-Pellerin Brucheville, Catz, Montmartin-en-Graignes, Saint-Hilaire-Petitville, and Vierville have become delegated communes.

Geography

Carentan-les-Marais is located in the middle of vast marsh remediated and transformed into rich meadows, at the confluence of the Taute and the Douve. The city, at the gateway to the Cotentin Peninsula and the Bay of Veys, is at the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Cotentin and Bessin marshes. The city has a railway station on the Paris–Cherbourg line and is crossed by the RN 13 and RN 174. It is served by public transport by bus (Manéo) via the line 001 Cherbourg-Octeville - Valognes - Carentan - Saint-Lo. Its port is connected to the sea by a canal.

Most-observed species

• Common Pipistrelle

  Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  4,385
• Common Cockle

  Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) · Bivalvia
  3,954
• Western Barbastelle

  Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  744
• Nathusius's Bat

  Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) · Mammalia
  583
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  385
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  375
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  364
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  351

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2015-02-25
  30 km SW of Saint Helier, Jersey
• M 3.3 — 2014-07-23
  France
• M 3.9 — 2014-07-11
  23 km W of Saint Helier, Jersey
• M 3.9 — 2011-07-14
  62 km SSE of Ventnor, United Kingdom
• M 2.8 — 2007-11-06
  7 km SSW of Chanu, France
• M 3.5 — 2007-08-01
  2 km SSE of Blonville-sur-Mer, France