Département de la Manche
Government AdministrationNormandie, France501-1000 Employees
The Département de la Manche is a department-level public administration in the Normandy region of France, based in Saint-lô. It serves about half a million residents over 5,938 square kilometers, spanning 470 communes organized into eight intercommunalities. The department employs a substantial workforce and operates a network of 114 sites, including the Maison du Département, social and medico-social centers, solidarity facilities, collèges, and other public venues. Its remit encompasses social action (support for older people, children and families, housing, inclusion, and disability), infrastructure (roads, digital networks, ports, housing), the environment (energy transition, preserving natural spaces and the coastline), the economy (business, agriculture, tourism), culture (heritage, arts education, amateur practices, archives), education (colleges), and youth and sports. The department also oversees a notable constellation of cultural and natural assets, including two regional natural parks, multiple nature reserves, and UNESCO-listed sites such as Mont Saint-Michel and the Vauban towers of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Tatihou; it also recognizes the Granville Carnival as intangible UNESCO heritage and notes a beach at Utah Beach being considered for UNESCO designation.