Omonville-la-Petite
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Omonville-la-Petite is a commune in the Manche
department in Normandy
in north-western France
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Ormonville is known to be the place where French poet Jacques Prévert
(1900-1977) lived his last years of his life and where he is buried.
It is also the birth place of French biologist Félix Mesnil
(1868-1938).
Manche
Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
in north-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Ormonville is known to be the place where French poet Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
(1900-1977) lived his last years of his life and where he is buried.
It is also the birth place of French biologist Félix Mesnil
Félix Mesnil
Félix Étienne Pierre Mesnil was a French zoologist, biologist, botanist, mycologist and algologist....
(1868-1938).
See also
- Communes of the Manche department