Coutances
Coutances Cathedral
Coutances
Location within Lower Normandy region  Coutances
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Coutances
Statistics
Elevation	12–150 m (39–490 ft)
Land area1	12.51 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population2	9,546  (1999)
- Density	763 /km2 (1,980 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50147/ 50200
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°02′46″N 1°26′38″W / 49.0461°N 1.4439°W / 49.0461; -1.4439

Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

History[link]

Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town took the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus. The surrounding region, called in Latin the pagus Constantinus subsequently became known as the Cotentin Peninsula.

The town was destroyed by invading Normans in 866, who later established settlements and incorporated the whole peninsula into the Duchy of Normandy in 933.

On July 17, 1944, napalm was first used on the city.^{[citation needed]}

Heraldry[link]

The arms of Coutances are blazoned : Azure, in fess 3 columns argent, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or armed and langued azure.

Sights[link]

Coutances Cathedral is one of the major buildings of Norman architecture and contains a chapel and stained glass dedicated to Saint Marcouf. The bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569.

Coutances houses a well-known botanical garden and an art museum.

International relations[link]

Twin towns - Sister cities[link]

Coutances is twinned with:

External links[link]

Normandy portal

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Dick Annegarn (born in The Hague, 6 May 1952) is a Dutch rock singer-songwriter who sings mostly in French, although on occasion Dutch and English. He spent his youth in Brussels, and after having learned to play guitar he went to Paris, where he recorded his first album in 1973, which was very successful; although nearly never happened, as his money had run out and he was ready to return home before finding a producer for his songs just as he was about to leave. This was the subject of his best known song "Bruxelles".

He quit the music business in 1978 at the height of his fame citing its corrupt nature and then worked on social projects^{[citation needed]} in Paris before slowly returning to music, working often with avant garde and occidental musicians, before releasing a string of albums in the late nineties up to 'Plouc' (2005), where he played with musicians from the south of France, accompanying his unique voice and guitar with often sparse and unusual arrangements played on brass instruments.

Proclaimed by many as the "son of Jacques Brel"^{[citation needed]}; he is one of the most well-respected current day troubadours of the chanson, plus a charismatic and irreverent performer. He does not like the musical trade and prefers an underground lifestyle.

Because he is not French but a Dutchman educated in Brussels and Paris, he has a unique French singing voice, very guttural and well articulated. His lyrics are sublime "poetry of the earth"^{[citation needed]} and he has a playful yet caustic sense of humour with emotive, stark and imaginative arrangements like Townes Van Zandt or John Martyn. His "outsider" status as a gay man was also the subject of his 'Un' Ombre' album.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Dick Annegarn (1974)
• Je te vois (1974)
• Mireille (1975)
• Anticyclone (1976)
• De ce spectacle ici sur terre (live, 1978)
• Ferraillages (1980)
• Citoyen (1981)
• 140 BXL (live, 1984)
• Frère ? (1986)
• Ullegarra (1990)
• Chansons fleuves (1990)
• InéDick (1992)
• Approche-toi (1997)
• Adieu Verdure (1999)
• Au Cirque d'Hiver (live, 2000)
• Un' ombre (2002)
• Plouc (2005)
• Soleil du soir (2008)

Singles[link]

• Va (1975)
• Lille CD promo (1998)
• Voleur de chevaux CD promo (1999)

Compilations[link]

• Bruxelles (3 first albums + part of the 4th one+ the songs Va and Les Gueux) (1996)
• Les Années nocturnes (Frères ?, Ullegara and Chansons fleuves) (2007)

Contributions[link]

• Egmont and the FF Boom, featuring Daniel Schell (1978 ?)
• Route Manset (1996)
• Aux suivants, Hommage à Jacques Brel (2003)
• Plutôt tôt Plutôt tard (2005, tôt ou tard)

Tribute album[link]

• Le Grand Dîner or Tribute à Dick Annegarn (2006, tôt ou tard), on which he himself contributes

External links[link]

• Official website