Omonville-la-Petite

Omonville-la-Petite
Omonville-la-Petite
Location within Lower Normandy region  Omonville-la-Petite
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Beaumont-Hague
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Hague
Mayor	Yveline Gallis (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–181 m (0–594 ft) (avg. 50 m/160 ft)
Land area1	6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population2	125  (2006)
- Density	20 /km2 (52 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50385/ 50440
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°42′00″N 1°52′59″W / 49.7°N 1.883°W / 49.7; -1.883

Omonville-la-Petite is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

The house of Jacques Prévert in Ormonville

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).

See also

• Communes of the Manche department