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avranches
town and port, Manche departement, Basse-Normandie region, northwestern France, on a hill overlooking the See estuary. The celebrated sanctuary of Mont-Saint-Michel is situated on a rock in the bay. Important under the Romans, Avranches retained its position under the Norman dukes
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